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REMAINS

HISTORICAL & LITERARY

CONNECTED WITH THE PALATINE COUNTIES OP

LANCASTER AND CHESTER

PUBLISHED BY

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

VOL. XXII.

PRINTED FOR THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

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JAUBB CROSSLEY, Esq., PBESiDEKt.

REV. RICHARD PARKIKSON, KO., F.S.A., CiKON OP MiNOHES

PBinciriL or St. Bees Collbob, Vice.Prebicbnt.
WILLIAM BEAUONT.
THE VERY REV. QEORGB HULL BOWERS, D.D., Db*Ii o
REV. THOUAS OORSER, M.A.
JAUES DEARDEN, P.S.A.
EDWARD HAWElNti. F.R.a. F.C.A.
THOMAS HETWOOU. P.aA.
W. A. HITLTON.
BBV. J. PICCOPE, MA.
REV. F. R RAINES, M.A, F.S.A.
THE VEN. JOHH RDSHTON, D.P,,
WILLIAM LANOTON, TBEISUHER.
WILLIAM FLEMINO. M.D., I

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HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE DIOCESE

OF CHESTER,

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RIGHT REV. FRANCIS qASTRELL, D.D.

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THE REV. F. R. RAINES, M.A. F.S.A.

BUBAL DSAK, HON. OAITOK OV MAVOHBSTBB, AlTD
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Sratifri) of l,rslan)]..'-

l!l©5Zr0X,' about 400' p.[er] an. [num;Yi&l Acres of jj
Glebe, and 7 Cottages. •*'" j-. f.

Patron, Afr. Pilkington, the prea.[ent] RcMljiji', who '^
lad the Advowson from Mr. Layfield.^ *.■'.'■ \

This Church was approp. [riated] by Pope Martin 5, to y Moiji'' i
[astery] of Syon near London, reserving a power to y« Ordinary _-■
to assign a fit portion out of y" profits to y" Vicar, by vertue of W* ■'
y Bp. of Cov. [entry] and Litch. [field] an. [no] 1420, founded a
Vicaridge, (the presentation to w'^'' was to be in y" Abbesse a
Conrent of Syon;) and y« value of y^ RcctJ being then com-
puted at 130 marks, or 86' ■ 1 3" ■ 4^, y" Bp. ordered y* y Vicar ay
pay y" Mon. [astery] 80 marks, and keep y* other 50, or 33

' Dedieaeed to St. MichocL V.lua in ISai, £1,538. Hegistor* begin in 1728.

The Honor of Croaton wae gircn b; Edmund Leigh, who, in the 17th Sdvuil I.
Duuried Arniabello, daughter and cohuireps of Riuhiird Fitlon, Lord of Great Har-
wood, to Sip Williom Hcatajto, who had miimed Matilda, nnotUer daughter of
Bichard Fillon ; and this donation waa (»iiifirmcd bj Sir Wiliiom Leigh in the 22d
Edward m. 1343. A mowtj' of the Manor, however, appears to hare been Ttnted in
Sir Johti De la Mere before this time, and Isabol and Isolds nore his daughten and
coheiresses ; the former baring married Sir Thomas Fleming, Baron of Wath ; and
the latter, William del Lf«, who, in the 46th Edward III. held the moiet; of the
Hanot of Croston aod Mnudislegh. £U»beth, the daughter of William, and eister
■nd coheiress of John Fleming E>q. Baron of Wath, married Thomsii Hoskajle Esq.;
■od Aliee, the daughtor and hciroas of William Loo, married Thoma* Ashton, the
iotber of Sir William Asbton of Croston, about tbo time of Ucnr; TI. ; and the
moieties of the Manor of Croston became Tested in the families of Aebtan and fies-
ketb. Ann, daughter and coheircsi of Eichard Asbton Esq. married John TraUbrd
Sac|. who died in tbo jear 16S6, whoie rcpresontal ire, Sir Thomas JoEicph de Trafford
Bart, is now seixed of a moiety of the Manor of Croston ; and tfonacha, tbo othn
daughter and cobciresi of Biehard Asbton Esq. married Alexander, son of Bap-
tholomoH Hesketh of Anghton Esq. and catrrejed the other moietj to hia family,
whifb was sold by Sir Thomaa Palrymple Hesketh Bart, to the Kirr, Streynsham
Haater D.D. Rector of Croston, who conrcyed il by snte, about the year 1825, to
Thomas Horria E«q.

A Church existed here at the Conquest, when Roger de Foictou granl^d to the

Uonastoy of St. Martin of Sera in Normandy, the Priory of Bt. Mary of Lancaster,

and many dependent Cburebos and Chapels, among which is named tihe Chureh of

Croston, The patronage, howerer, appears lo hare been eiereiaed bv the Priory of

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to himself, togetlicf*4rith all other profits that could be made of
the living. Ife. o^nsid. [eration] of w«^ he sh^ bear all Burdens,
and pay t(^'[i&J B.pshop] of Gov. [entry] and Liteh. [field] 6».8^;
to [the].'Ak[rch] D.[eacon] of Richmond, ["Chester," is inserted
in aiifiil^Khand,] 13»«4^; and to y« Poor, 10s; and should swear
to peHdrm these things at his Institution. Old Iteff.[ister,'] xx.
'•..An. [no] 30, H.[enry] 8, the Rect.[ory] and Vicaridge were
/••/•. Ifftlsed out by y® Mon. [astery] and Vicar, from 5 years to 5 years,
•■■.•' to y« end of 99 years, the Lessee paying to y« Vicar, 38i'5»'10^
p.[er] an.[num,] and to [the] Mon.[astery,] 53^ 'G*' 8^; to [the]
B.[ishop] of Chester, 6». 8^, and to [the] Archd. [eacon] of Chester,
38" -8^, for Syn. Proc. and Indemnityes, and 10» to the Poor:

Lancaster. "Croston Beet. Sententia Delegatorum Gh*egorii Papn super quadam
pensione annue 2 marc. Will. Banaster Bectori tercie partis Eocl. de Croston cum
medietate Capell. de Eccleston ab Abbatia de Furnes predicto B>ectori debit. Hub
testibus Job. de Taunton, Preoentore majoris £ccl. Lincoln et aliis." This ancient
Instrument is now in the Augmentation Office, marked A.B. and shews that Eccles-
ton, now a Bectory, was formerly only a Chapell. — Ducarel's Mepertory of the
Endmement of J^lcarages^ toL ii Lamh, Libr. In the year 1&88 a stipend of
£3. 19s. 9d. was payable out of the possessions of the Duchy of Lancaster to the
Clerk of Croston. — Birch's MS8. Brit, Mm, It was Talued in the year 1291 at
£33. 6s. 8d. and no Chapels are then mentioned. Martin Y. who succeeded to the
Popedom in the year 1417, appropriated the Bectory to the Abbey of St. Sayiour of
Sion ; and William do Heyworth, Bishop of Lichfield, ordained a Vicarage in the
year 1420.

On the dissolution of the Monastery of Sion the Advowsons passed to the Crown,
and were conveyed inter alia to Anthony Browne of Southweld in the county of Essex
Esq. Justice of tlie Conmion Pleas. They were afterwards frequently sold. The
Crown, however, occasionally exercised the right of patronage, probably through de-
fect ; and on the 10th of December 1695, Zachary Taylor M.A. was presented to the
Bectory by William III. on "the recommendation of certain Commissioners appointed
by the King to dispose of Ecclesiastical promotion in his absence from England."
In the year 1755 the patronage became vested in Legh Master Esq. M.P. whose son,
the Bev. Bobcrt Master D.D. was afterwards Boctor, and whose grandson, Streynsham
Master D.D. b the present Bector. Dr. Master sold the Advowsons to Le Qendre
Nicholas Starkie of Huntroyd Esq. who in tlic year 1821 again conveyed them by sale
to George Smith Esq. M.P. brother of Lord Carrington.

There are two Chapels in the Church called the Bufibrd and Becconsall Chapels.
The former was a Chantry founded by the Hoskeths, and dedicated to St. John the
Baptist. Q^oen ElisabeUi, in the 27th year of her reign, at the instance of Thomas,

JDrancrp of l.c?1anli. 355

And the Vicar covenants to pay 4^ p. [er] an.[nuni,] w"" y" accna-
tomed AdvantaRca to y" Parish Priest, and 4 marks to the Chap-
lain of Cliorley, his Sub-Curate ; and to pay 10" to y* King, viz.
3i.l6».7'i, [£6. 13s. 4d.?] 0.[/rf] R.^effister,] lb.

Receipt of [the] Vicar of Croston, an. [no] 1442 : Be it knowne
to aU men y' I, Tho. [mas] Carlton, [" Tarlton," in Harl. MSS.
204a, fol. 239,] Vicker of y" Church of Croston, herith witnesse
and certyfy y' Mr. James Standish of Tuxbury, [Dusbury,] hath
deUvercd a relique of S' Laurence ['s] head into y" Church of
Chorlcy, y" V^ S' Rowland Stanley [Standiah] K', brother of y»
sayd James, and Dame Jane his wife, brought out of Normandy, to
y" worship of God and S' Laurence, for y* profit and auayle of y"

Earl of OrmoQil nnd Oseorj, granted to Edmund Doming and Koger Rant, kll iho
l«ini» gireu bj Robert HeakeHi in ai.l of iLc Salarj of the Ute Chnutrj Priest, and
Vrhieh Chantry and other premiiPB had been convejed to Sir Thoma* Hnlietli for
twentj-one years. In tlie 32d ElLtsbeth the grantee* Bold the Cburrb'a Bell of St.
John the Baptist enm perl, to Thomas Ashtou of Croston, and Ralph Ajheton of
Lorer Esqrs. In the South, or "RulTord Chapel," are the arms of Heiketh, in the
East irindow. In the "Berconsall Chapel,'' styled a Chantry in theyrar 1535, nbioh
passed to the Banaatrf^s of Bank In the seventeenth century, is this inaeription,
painted on the oak, in old English chorscten, — " ^is C|)I|ipEl bus faiatitificll, uill
t))ts scU tttrtdr, 1082, irg S^riatapijrt ISanutn Esq." Thewi Chapels vcro purchased
hj the Rector of Sir Thomas D, Heskctli Bart.

From an inscription on the North side of tho Steeple it appears that the Church
waa rebuilt in the sixteenth century. In the yu'nr 1660 the Parliamentary Inquisitors
found tho Vicarage-house and huids of Croslon to bo north £13 per annum ; screral
messuages, gardens, and lands in Croston worth £7. 6s. 2d. per annum. The Tithes of
all the Township* belonged to the Liring. A yearly douatire of 66s. 6d. was payable to
the Recoirer for the Slate. Mawdialey and Biipham, parcel of Ihe said Vicarage, wore
worth £70 a year. "Mr. Jamev Ilyatt B.D. a godly and able Uin', doth supply the
Cure there, and hath been Roctor for 26 years, and roceiTed the s' Vicarage-bouse,
Lands, Tithes, Sx, i but 12 years agoe be demised the Tithes of Mawdisley and Bisp-
ham to James, then Lord Strange, now Enrl Derby, for Ibe life of tho s' Incamb',
roaerring £13. fis. 8d. (o the Min'. These are now seq'', owing lo tho Delinquency of
the t' Earl, and arc worth £60 a y'." The Inquisitors further reported that " it is
very needful to huUd a new Church at Mawdisley, near the four Lane Ends, whereof
<me i* calh^l Oorsey Lane, for tho oso of the Inhab" of MawdisltT' and Wrightington,
being 112 families and 614 persoor, who, for the most part, all the Wynler tyme, are
debarred from their s' anticnt Parish Church of Croston, and &om all other Churches
and Chapels within the eompaee of four miles." The Inquisitor* also recommended

356 fiLottUa Ctntxitttmin.

8^ Church, to y* intent y* y« foresayd S' Rowland and Dame Jane
his wife, the sayd James and his wife, w^ y' predecessours and
suecessours, may be in y« said Church perpetually prayed for; and
in witnesse of the which to this my present wryting I have sett
my Scale. Written at Croston afforsayd, y« 2^ day of March in
y« year of our Lord God 1442. MS. Hulm. 96, b. 7.

An. [no] 1504, [a] Clerk [was] Instituted to y« Vicaridge only
upon [the] Present, [ation] of [the] Hon. [astery] of S* Saviour of
Sion. Inst.litutum] B.[ook,'] 1, p. 2.

An. [no] 1557, Ant.[hony] Brown Esq. presented to y« Vicar-
idge. lb. p. 49.

An. [no] 1623, the Bp. Collated to y« Vicaridge by Lapse. Inst,
[itution] B,[ook,'] 2, p. 75.

that the Vicarage, "and about £168. 6s. lOd." per annum, should remain to the
Parish of Croston, and not be diyided and taken from the same. After all payments
deducted, the Liying was Talued at £300. 9s. 3d. per annum. — Pari. Inq, Lamb. Lihr.
Tol. ii.

In the year 1743 a Brief was obtained for rebuilding Croston Church. — Milnrow
Begister.

In the year 1793, 33d George III. the Rev. Robert Master D.D. the Rector, Vicar,
and Patron of this Living, obtained an Act of Parliament to enable him to separate
the Cliapels of Chorley and Ruflbrd from the Mother Church of Croston, and to con-
stitute them two distinct Parish Churches. The three Rectories so formed were to
bo held by Dr. Master during his Incumbency, or to be resigned at his pleasure, and
the Patronage to be vested in him, his heirs, and assigns, for ever ; whilst the future
Rectors of Croston were discharged from all rights, tithes, profits, duties, and respon-
sibilities of the two new Parishes. By this judicious act the influence of the Church
was much increased, the parishioners were benefited by having immediate pastoral
superintendence, and the opprobrium removed of a Parish, almost as large as a Dio-
cese, being assigned to the spiritual care of one Incumbent.

Bishop Ghistrell having probably objected to the mode of Leasing the Glebe Lands
of Croston, in the year 1720, several of the " ancient Inhab*" of the Township of
Croston, within the Parish of Croston," certified that they had known for fifty years
then past, and upwards, the Messuages and Lands in Croston, reputed to be parcel of
the Rectory, late in the tenure of John Thornton, and fifteen others, whose names
are given, and that the same Messuages during their remembrance (and immemorially
as they verily believed,) had been aecustomably Leased by the Rectors ; and, for the
satisfaction of the Bishop, they certify that in the year 1637 Mr. James Ilyet, then
Rector, made several Leases of the said Messuages in consideration of certain Fines,
and sums of money, therein mentioned, for twenty-one years, if he so long lived, and

OcAtttrn of H-fslanl). 357

Aii.[no] 1G25, K.[ing] Ch.[arlcB] I. presented to [the] Vicar-
idge, uuil cum E^ctoriH. lb. 76, 109. He seems to have pre-
sented by Lapse, as the Bp. did, an.[uo] 1624, Collate y" same
person by Lapse to [the] Rect.[ory] and Vicaridgc, who was Col-
lated to [the] Vicaridge only an.[no] 1623. lb. 105.

The Parish is divided into 4 Quarters ; 1, Croston and Ruffbrd. Catonif.
2, Brotherton and Ulneawalton. 3, Maudealey, Bispham, and
Hesketh-Bank. ■!, Tarlton — [which is] much less y" y= rest,
because Much Hool and Little Uool are taken out of it, by Act
of Pari'.

There are 4 Churchwardens ; one [of them] is chosen by [the]
Rect. [or,] in [the] village of Croston. The other Villages name
three; out of w*^'' the Rect. [or] chooses one for y" district wherein
lie is to serve. [There are] 3 Assist, [ants.]

continued Rector, reserving therein the old and Bccuslonied Rents. —That iu March
IG58, thi'aa L«aeeB eipirmg, the said Mr. Hj-ct mnde noir Lcnan for a gimitar t«rm,
for vrhicli Fines were nlso paid. — That on tlic dcslli of Mr. Ilvet, Jamca PJDtington,
Clork, racceeding him et Hector, mude Bimilnr Leases, on whicli Bimilar Finos were
pud.— That Mr. Junes Pilkin^tun, a httle hefore his death, on the 5th of April 1683,
bad cODtrai.'led with the then Tenants for new LcaBoa, in the form aforesaid ; but bis
death prevented their being perfected. That Dr. Charles Lajficld Bac«code>d him in
the Bectorj, and made Iinses (roni three years to three years, to bo continued for
the terra of twenty-one years, if bo so long lived, upon Rack Bents, payable at Wbit-
Buntide nud Martinmas ; but no Fines wi're paid on such Leases. On the 14th of
June 1GS8, Dr, Layfteld resigning, and Mr. John Kyloy being his successor, the like
method of Loosing wa« eootinnod by bim which Dr. Layfield bad b^un; and, on Mr.
Byiey's death, in Soptwnber 1889, Mr. Robert Pickering, his BUCcosBor, obBorred the
aamo method of leasing, as well as Mr. Taylor, who died in Decombei ITOS; upon
whoso death, Mr. WiUinm Filkingtoii, Iben Rector, pursued tbe but named method
of Lonaing. 'llic nnoient Oounlcrparts of the Leases, which had been preserved, and
the Rental Book belonging to the Rectory, could be produced to con&rm the Stoto-
menls made. Dated Fob. 21, 1720. — GoatreU's MSS. ia the Me-zinlry at Cierler.

• The Rev. Charles Lnyflcld D.D. Prebwulnry of Winchrator, boonine Bootor of
Croiljni in the year 1G83, and shortly oElerwards resigned the Living. He appears
to have sold the Advowson in the year 1703 to tbe Rer. William Filkington, and to
haTe died in tho year 1711. By his Will dated tbe 10th of Fobnuuy 1710, ho gave
the principal part of bis reudnary Estate to the Poor of Winchester and Chilholton
in the county of Southamplon, Wrotliam in Kent, Croston in Lancashire, and Tewin
in Ilertfordshire. This amounted in tlie year 1T50 to £1 ,389. 7b. 4d. ; and Croston

358 i^Otttia CCBtrttttBlB.

KxIU. [There are] 5 Ancient Seats. Croston,^ Rufford,' Bank,^ Bisp-

ham,^ Littlewood Hall,' [Mawdsley.'*]

. ^^S fie Gram. [mar] School here was Founded an. [no] 1660, by
^^I James Hiet,^ then Rector of Croston, and is free to [the]
Towns. [Ill ps] of Croston and Ulncswaltou. [The] Income is 15'
p.[er] an.[imm;] 10' of w'' is p-^ out of Land in Eccleaton, pur-
chased w"" 200' given by y« s-^ Hiet; and 5', [the] Iut.[erest] of
100' given (in 1680,) by Mr. [^'illiam] Houghton, formerly
Schoolmaster here.

There are 19 Trustees, who nominate y« Master. Ev. [ery]
Scholar pays IS*", (or 6^, if a cottager's child,) apiece, for entrance,
accord, [ing] to [the] Founder's Order,

Tlic Writings are kept, in a Box made for y' purpose, by one of
y^ Trustees,

n The School here was Founded an, [no] 1692, by Mr. Rich.[ard]
Durning, and is free to all y' come. He gave his Lands in

hnd £416. 15s. Jd. assigned as o portion for its Poor, — whicli waa inrpstcd in Land.
Dr. LajEeid wae son of Edward Layfii'ld D.D. Archdeacon of Essex, and nephew, in
half blood, o( Archbishop Laud. — See Hejlin'i Ljfe of Lmd, p. 42 ; Nowconrt's
Sep. Ecclei. vol. i. p. 74; Wood's Alhen. vol. i. p. 859.

• Croston Hall was rebuilt in the (erentomtli century ; and hue been toten down
witb in living memory, and tbe pretent Esbric erected. It eoDsista of a centra and
wings, terminating in gables, pleasantly situated, but now in bad repair. It is the
property of Sir Thomas Joseph dc TralTord Bart.

* EulTord old HoU, the aneient seat of the Hesketh familj', is surrounded bj park-
like grounds, and is built of wood and plnstiv. Many of the rooms are panelled, and
richly ornamented with oiquisitely carved figure* and beautiful foliage. It appears
to hare been built in the fifti«nlh century. It was lali-lj oci-upiod by the Rcr.
Thomas Chumberlain M.A. Sector of RuSbrd. Tho cnlrance-ball is a splendid room
with a hammer - beamed roo(i and the earring similar, if not superior in execution to
that of WeMtminstcr Hall, wbioh this room, on a smaller scale, resembles ; but with
the important addition of a magnificent sereen. Tho drawing-room has an o|)On
Carred roof, with a singular door-way, which has originally communicated with a
minstrel.gallpry. It is the property of Sir Thomas George Ueeicth Bart.

Sufford HaU was erected by Sir Thomas D. Ilssketh Bart, b the year 1798. Tlio
East front has a portico consisting of four lonie columns, which is ail the eiteranl
ornament wHch this large au{l handsome house possesses. The Estate has been iit
tha &mily since the 4th Edward I. The Park is laid out in beautiful style.

OcantTP of ^.f^lAtlO. 359

Wrightington, Parbold, aud Waltou, to charitable uaes W*
amouiit now (an. [no] 1722,) to ia'-l'-S'' p.[er] an.[num,] 12^
p.[er] an. [num] out of w^'' being ded.[ncted] for certain uaes
named in his Will, the residue is given to y« School; 10p.[er]
an. [num] to [be paid to the] Trustees for [the] charge of meeting
once a year ; the Rest to [the] Master.

V.[ide] nom. [ination] during pleasure, an. [no] 1696, Pap. Re;;.
by y* Trustees.

The School here was Founded by Mr. Jam.[es] Fletcher of MrntljErtou
Lond.[on,] Merch', [who was bom at Brotherton, and who was
instigated by his wife Jane, to do something for the place,] an, [no]
1653, who gave to it 8ev.[eral] Lands in Musberry, Eccleston,
aud Leyland, [the] profits of w'^'' amount to S-i^'lG-S'*, w"" y* Int.
[erest] of 32' iu money ; and 7' has since arisen from Timber sold
ofiFy* Lands in Eccleston. Out of these profits is dcd.[ucted] 20»
p. [er] an. [num.] for [the] repair of a Causey in Thorp Row, and
[a] Sermon, and Dinner for [the] Trustees, ev. [ery] XQfi^ of
April, w*'' bread, cheese, and drink for all y= Scholars, at y'
same time. [The] Residue [is] to [be paid to the] Master, who is
nominated by y« Trustees, 15 in number.

• Bunk Hall, nitb tlie date 1608 incised orer the West door, is a stately naiiy
Tsted bric:k mansion in the Ehzabethnn styl?, with gsblus, puiiiiicleB, and ■ iuiciCul
tower in the centre, coDtaitiing a chick. Bonlc wna in thu pQesessiun of the Bauutrea
prior to the reign of Edward II. Henrj Banaatre Esq. died here in tho 2d Henry
yiLI. ; and the Bcrenth in mahi descent from him vaa Chrietopher BanRatre Esq.
Sheriff of LBDca«hire in the year 1670, who bj Marjr, daaghter of Sir R&lpb Asshetou
of Itliddleton Bart, bod a daughtra and coheircsa, who narriod Thomas Fleetwood
of Bnnk,jii;"e uxorit., oaeestor of G. A. Legh Keck Esq. the present owner.

' Bispbam Hall is a plain stone buildings erected in the fterentoenth century,
Ajidrew da Blapham hehl the Manor in tbe 16th Edward I. It is now tho property
of Lord Skehneradalc.

^ Littlewood Hall ia now a fann-housc, in Olnes Walton, and aiace tbe year 1500, the
property of the Shringtons of Worden. In the year 1438 it was tbe aeat of Sit William
Ashoton Knt. when a sentence of Divorce was pronounced between him aud Alice,
danghter of John Lacy Esq. in the Conventual Church of Warrington, by Robert
Madderer B.C.L. official of the Archdeacon of Chester, and confirmed in the year 145S
by Olirer Legh B.C.L. the some Archdeacon's official.— Xtiw. MSS. toL hIt. p. 403.

^ Mswdsley Hall wia b the possession of Adam de Maudosley in the 86th Edward

360

jBLotttta et»ttim»i».

[The] School is free only to [the] Inhab.[itantsJ upon pay-
ment of 12^ for ev.[ery] Scholar, for entrance.

[The] Writings [are] in y« hands of Joh.[n] Hodges, one of y«
Trustees.
Mxv^tiitjgi Here is a poor thatched Cottage made use of for a School, to
^ct^ooL teach and to read in. The Stipend to y« Master, who must be a
Protestant, is ll.3"«6^ P-[er] an.[num,] arising out of an Estate
near Preston, bought by Mr. Tho*. Crook of Abram, (in 1688,)
for 500^, y« Income of yv^^ goes to sev.[eral] Charit.[able] uses.

€>taitan

n Almshouse was erected here an. [no] 1692, by Mr. [Henry]
Croston of Croston, who gave 150^, the Int. [crest] of w<^ [to
be paid] tow.[ard8] y« maintenance of 3 poor women, who have
each of j^ a dwelling house in it.

The Poor Stock is 335^, viz. m given (in 1663,) by W. [iUiam]
Dandy, Grocer; 175^ by W. Hesketh, Shoomaker; 10^ by Mr.
Croston ; 10^, 5^, and 34 pounds, by other Parish" ; the Improve-
ment of w«^ Gifts amounts to 76^ more. 50^ of this money is laid
out in an Estate belong, [ing] to Mr. Farington; the other is out

m.; and the laat of tho fiEtmily, Robert Maudcsley Esq. was living here about the
year 1760. The Estate was purchased by Alexander Kershaw of Heskin Hall Esq.
(son of Ealph Kershaw of Kochdale and his wife Catherine, daughter and heiress of
Lewis, fourth son of John Chadwick of Ilealey Esq.) who, by Will dated the 24ih of
May 1786, (he ob. in 1788, SDt. ninety-two,) devised his large landed property to
Trustees, for the use of his various natural children, who all died bsucless, or inca-
pable of taking any beneficial interest under his Will ; and the presumed descend-
ants of the Testator^B sisters obtained a verdict at Lancaster Spring Assize in the
year 1837. The house b of timber and plaster, beautifully situated, and over a
fire-place in one of the rooms are the arms of Maudeslcy.

• The Rev. James Hict B.D. was instituted to the Rectory of Croston on the 25th
of April 1625, on the nomination of Charles I. by lapse. lie died suddenly at Pres-
ton, on the 6th of April 1663, and " was buried at Croston without ceremony or
booke." By his Will dated the 18th of March 1662-8, he recites that he had pro-
cured a Free School House to be built in Croston Church-yard, at his own great
cost and trouble. He did not bequeath any sum for an endowment ; but leaving a
blank in his Will, added a note in the margin of it, "If I fill not up this before
my death, it is my will that it should be £400." The Master was to teach his Scho-
lars '* the principles of the Christian Religion." On the 15th of July 1663, Mary

Stancrp of l.ej>IiinD. S6L

at lnt.[ereat. The] Income of y* whole Stoclt is 18' p.[er] an.
[nuin,] W^ is laid out yearly in Cloth, and binding out Appren-
tices, by certain Trustees, who keep a Register of w' is laid out.
By Will dated 10th Feb. 1710, Dr. Layfield gave to the poor of
various places the fourth part of his Estate, and Crostou has a share.

An.[no] 1621, left by John Hough, Yeoman, [the] Iut.[erest] aiiwS
of 52', to be Ciiven in bread, ev. [ery] Sunday, to poor House- charitirtf.
keepers, who are Protestants, and receive no Alms from y" Parish.
Peter Latham, in 1700, gave Lands to the Poor. Given to the Poor
of this towusP au.[no] 1653, by Jara.[es] Glasbrook, 5' p.[er] an.
[num,] w'*" is now paid out of Land lying in this TownsP.

[There is] ■f p.[cr] an. [num] given to y" Poor of this Hamlet, suptwm
by Mr. Rich-i Durning, (in 1675,) out of hia Estate at Wrighting- CtiariHe'-
ton, &c.; and 1' p.[er] an. [num,] for Repairing y' Bye-wayea in
Bispham; and 5' p.[er] an. [num,] for Binding poor children
apprentice, every three y.[earB] in Seven.

No other Charity but 1' p.[er] an. [num] to y" Poor of this Vtat^trtan
TownsP, [wliich] is given by Eliz,[abeth] Fairer, out of a tenem' ■'"''"»■
in Erotherton, during y* life of her nephew, Tho.[mas] Farrcr,
the only Life remaining in y* Lease.

Given to y" Poor of Maudesley near Blaekmorc, by John Stop- ^Uutfc^ep
ford, an.[no] 1657, 40'' p.[er] an.[num,] for ever, out of certain «tiarilirf.
closes in Eccleaton ; and Darid Stopford, his son, an. [no] 1669,
left 10» p.[er] an.[num] to y" poorest people about Blackmore,
out of Laud in Eceleston. There is likewise 23*''-6'' paid out of
an Estate near Preston; 5' p.[er] an. [num] left by Mr, Darning,
for binding out apprent. [ices] every seventh year.

EiDt, the widow Hud ExEcutrii of Jamm Hict, (" wlioia for peace eal.o ho wna forced
in Bome mewurc to sliglil his ovu children for," Nowcomo'a Jiiary, p. 197, although
Calam; aa.ja ho had none to alight, vol, ii. p. 359,) obtsined tm acquittance for £200 ;
but the roaiduH of the £400, does not appear to tiave been paid. Mr. Iliet, in the
jear 1654, iraa a partj to the founding and endoning of Brethartoa School b; Mr>.
Jans Flatcber, vho leems to have been more activclj cmplujed in the good work
than her wealthy husband. I hare in my poBseaeion one or two of Mr. Hiet'i beau-
tifully written letters, from which he appean to have been a person of learning and
piet;, and quite alito to hi* own intereata,

VOL. tl.] 8 1.

362 jBLotftia etnttitmUi.

Fam 17 ^|lg S €E O N S 9 1^ l^t^ alios Hesketh

^i Bank, Certif . [ied] 02i.07-.llV being
a Debenture payable out of y« Dutchy Court, y^^ was w**»held for
ab* 18 years, till Mr. Pilkington,^ y« present Rector of Croston^
recovered it ab* eleven years ago, by whose care y« Chapel has
been rebuilt, and is supplied six times a year. Certif. [ied] 1717.
8 m.[iles] from Croston; 5 [miles] from [the] next Chap, [el.]

' Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £95. Begisters begin in 1745.

Sir William Hesketh held the Manor of Hesketh and Beconsaw in the 4th Edward
I. ; but, at an early period, the latter was Tested in the family of Beconsall, and con-
tinued in their possession until the time of William in. when it became the property
of John Molineuz Esq. from whom it passed, through an heiress, to the Heskeths,
and is now held by Sir Thomas Qeorge Hesketh Bart, the representatiTe and descend-
ant of its feudal owner. Sir William Hesketh.

Beconsall Chapel was built in the sixteenth century by the Beoonsall fiimily, and
originally designed for domestic worship. In the year 1650 the Chapel was re-
turned as being two statute miles from the place where the new Church was in
building within Tarlton, and above four miles from Hesketh, and ought to be made
Parochial. It was also stated that " there is a great rirer called Astlond, [Asland,]
OTor which the said Inhabitants cannot passe to Crouton Church without a Boat,
neyther can they pass with a Boat in some seasons of the year by reason of the great
inundation of the sayd Waters, and also by reason of the greate Byrer of Douglas,
the Fumey Poole, and the Byrer of Yarrow overflowing the ways for the most part
of all the Winter time." No mention is made of any Endowment or Minister. —
FarL Inq, Lamb, lAbr, voL ii. In the year 1765 the Chapel was again rebuilt and
enlarged. It is a plain brick fabric, with a turret and one bell. In the year 1821 an
Act of Parliament was obtained to sever Hesketh and Becconsall Chapel from Croston,
and to elevate Hesketh to the rank of an independent Parish Church and Bectory.
The Advowson being vested in the Bev. Streynsham Master of Croston, the present
Bector of Hesketh with Becconsall, was sold by him to Sir T. D. Hesketh Bart,
whose son is the present Patron.

' In the year 1588 tlus Debenture was returned as being £2. 16s. 5d. — Baines's
EUt. o/Lcmc. voL L p. 180.

' The Bev. William Pilkington L.L.D. became Bector in the year 1703, and died in
the year 1755. His daughter and heiress, Margaret, married the Bev. Streynsham
Master M.A. second son of Sir Streynsham Master Knt. of Codnor Castle in the
coimty of Derby, ancestor of Charles Legh Hoskins Master, now of Codnor, and
Barrow Qroen House in the county of Surrey, Esq.

QrARtrp of It^oUmV. 36S

^g??0KU1^,' Certif.[ied] 33i-06'.OOi, ©fiap.^at.

^^a *TK. 201 pd by [the] Rect.[or] of Cros- „_i,
ton; 9'-6"-0^, rent of Closes w*''iii Clithero, contaming a)}out 13
acres, bought with 20(V given by Hen.[ry] Baiiaster, an.[no] 1625,
who gave 6001 toward y* maintenance of Preaching Ministers in

' Dedicated to St. Laurence. VaJue in 183*, £1,022. RtgisterB of Baptisms aad
Burials bcfin in 1548, arid of Muriages, in 1624.

Tho Manor of Chorlegli waa held in cliicf, by WiUinm de Ferrera, Earl of Derby, in
tbe 36lb Henry III. and «a» granted by his grandaon, William do Ferrers of Groby,
about the 14tb Edward II. to Riobard di> Lctlwbourgh, wbo ponvcycd it to Honry do
Lacrr, Earl of Lincoln. The Earl, by a yery ample Charter, grants it to Subert de
Heppevel and Margaret bis vife : bat the bmily of Chorley had held the mesne Manor
Irom a period soon alter the ConquosI, of tho ehiuf Lords of the foe, and by a dwHl g.d.
Henry dc Hoppen-al, Lord Bonrchier, granted to William de Chorley, luti^ Lord of
Chorley, tbe mill and dovecote of Charley, tbe said William having released oil liis
Manors of Chorley, Clmmoek, Gogard, and Helegh, with tbe Porks of Chorley and
Helcgh, which bad bum forfeited by tbe attaioder of tho s&ld Willian do Chorley.
Before the 22d Edward IT. Lord le Strange and Sir Biehsrd Sherbum were the joint
Lords of the Manor. The 8berbum portion pnasod lo tho Welds of Lulwortb, by
whom it was sold about the year 180G-7 to Thomas Oillibrand of Chorley Hall Esq.
who, at his death in the year 1829, was succeeded by his son Henry, who had, in the
jcar 1816, assumed the name of Fniakerley. Tho moiety of Lord lo Stmngo waa sold
by his desceadaot, William, Earl of Derby, for £000, in the 38th Elizabeth, to Edward
Bigby of Burgh Esq. and was hold by Aleiaodpr Bigby Esq. in tbe year 1684.

The Chapel of Chorley eiistod at a very early period, as by deed s.d. Henry, Lord
Boorohier, granted to William do Chorley, late Lord of Chorley, the entire South
medloly of bis Chapol of Chorley. It alWwards become a dependency of Croaton,
•ad was separated from t ho Mother Church and formed into a scparafc and dbtinct
Parish by an Act of the 83d George III. The great and small Tithes of tho Town-
ship of Chorley, and the grmt Titboa of Brctherton, Mawdeslcy, and Bisphom, were
ftnneied to the new Parish Church of Chorley, and conreyed to the Rector for tho
time being, for erer ; but these three Townships, and Iheir small Tithes, wcro mm-
UrmHd to the Rectors of Croslon, wtiilat an annual payment of £20 due to tho Curate
of Chorley ooased to be paid. A yearly payment of the fonrth port of an ancient pen-
■ioo of £45. Uv. 4d. to the Xing, was ehorgod upon the Rectory of Chorley, and power
gi»en to tbe Reolor to receive, by giit or devise, twenty acres of land, on whioh to
build a Parsonage-house. The Rev. J. S. Master is the Patroe and Rector.

Tho Nave of tlio Church is Early English, bat the Tower 1* not older than thft time
of Edward VI. In the year 1655 a phin of the Church and a platform of the pews
were m»de. On the South tide of the Chaneel is a Chapel or Pew belonging to the

364 ilotilia ^ttstrirnaie.

Laucasliire.^ Tliis is a district by itself, for n*'' there are two
Chap. [el] Wardens; one chosen by [the] Miii.[ister, and the]
other by [the] Inhab, [itants,] out of 4 persons proposed whose
estates have been longest excused from y* office. These Wardens
pay 7' p.[er] an. [num] to y^ Churchward' of Croston. 2 Assist.
[ants.] V.[ide] Croston : receipt of y" Vicar, 1442.

familj of StftDiliBb of Dmburj, and tljcre are aercnd monuments and nrmorial
cUBigtiB of tint fiiniilj- in tlm Churrli, The head of St. Ijaurence lias diBappcorpd, but
four bonoa are stUl prcaiTvcd in tUc 8tandL-<b Chapel, said to havu betn brought otil
of NormBiid; bj Sir Ronlaod Standieb, in Ibe ;esr lUi.

In the jear 1G60 thu Porliameatary InquiBitoTB retumrd (big Chapeliy s« "for-
mcrij part of Croaton," the endowment being a Cottage and a little land, worth 2b.
per annum J a douatire of £300, given bj Heniy Bansstcr of Hackingo, (tie) de-
ceased ; and £16 givon bj Half Lever, iulCTided for a Preaching Minister at Chorlej.
With thoBC sums certoin landa were purchased at Clitbcroe, of the jearly Talue of
£10, bnt for the but balf-jear the SdIat; had been detained bj Solf Lever and
Richard Hajrtot-k of Chorley, yeomen, feoffees i also £3. G«. Bd. intended for a
Preaching Miniatcr, given by Hugh Brindle, late of Chorlcj, deceased. Mr. Hemy
Welah, a pioua preaching Pastor, had 53b. 4d. paid him bj Mr. Hjctt, Bcctor of
CroBton, and iiinee the year 1645 £18 by the Committee of the County. The Chapel
was six mites from the Mother Church, and the district Gt to lie made a Parish of
itwlf. — Pari. Inij. Lamb. lAbr. »ol. ii. In the year 1705 the Incumbent staled that
his Parochial Chapel was four miles from Croston ; that the Rector allowed, out of
the Tithes of Chorley, £20 a year to the Curate ] and that the Farm in Clitberoe was
lot for £3 a year. — Notilia Parock. Lamb. Ubr.

Dr. Knerden give* a different account of the old endowment : — " The Church hath
a cottage and half a rood of land bolongbg to it, and a DonatiTO of £200 given by
one Hen. Banastro, late of Hackney, dcc^. Another Donative of £20 given by B&fe
Lever of Cborley, and is layd upon lands in Clidcrow. Another Donative of
£3. 6s. 8d. giren towards a Preachiog Minister."— afSS. Harl. Bib. Cod. 7306.

- Henry Snnistcr was the younger son of Mr. Thomas Banister of Preston, and bis
wife Alice, daughter of Mr. George Hodgkinson. Hie grandlather, 'WiUiom Banislor
of Prcaton, had obtained a good Estate by marriage with the daughter and coheiress
of John SiDgleloD of Singleton Gent. The family apjicara to have been engaged in
mercantile pursuita, allhongli William Banister, an Alderman of Preston, was living,
luid recorded a Pedigree, at Dugdale's Visitation, in the year 1666. This gentleman
was the elilcr brother of Mr. Eonry Banister of Hackney, who, hj Will dated the
16tb of July 1625, and by n Codicil thereto, dated the 18th of June 1628, bequeathed,
after the sale of his lands, £600, to be disposed of by Sir William Rowc and others,
his feolTees, "towards the maintenance and setthng of a Minister, or Ministers of
Qod's Word, to water the dry and barren places of the Comity of Laucaater, if they

Sranerj) of 3.eDlanO. 365

4 m.[i]cs] from [the] Par.[ish] Church; 3 from [the] next
Ch.[apcl.]

3 Ancient Seats : Astley,' Chorley,* Cross Hall.s ftnlW-

^1^ ere is a School, but [not] free to any. How, or by whom ^t^aol.
2^^ it was Founded, (in 1611,) is not known. The Income

belong. [ing] to it is 20" p-[cr] an.[nuni,] out of Lands in IngalJ,
[Ingol,] given by W" Mason, an.[no] 1638; 5' p.[er] an.[num]
left by Hugh Cooper, charged upon Lands in Chorley; 35i- [18'-
7''] given by [the] OiBcers of [the] Pari' Army, [viz. of Major
Gen. Asheton's Brigade, in 1G48,] out of arrears of pay, [the]
Int.[erest] of w^^, (amounting together w*'' priucipall to 861 odd
money,) was settled by a Decree of [the] Chanc,[cry] Court at
Lancaster, (in 1667,) upon Trustees, who had y" Bight to nomi-
nate y Master, but they being now dead 'tia doubtfiiU where y
Right is lodged ; [and the money has been long since lost-]
V.[ide] Nom. [ination] of a Master an. [no] 1691. Pap. Reg.

■hnuld thiDk fit." On the Ut of March 1G35, £200, put of the said £600, ku
invegted in the purchuti of luids near PreBton, for tho beui-flt of b prcttcbing Uiiiiiter
in the toira of Pneton, nho ahould preach and tisach the people according to tho
EoclEuiaatieal hiwa of the realm. The lands named in the t«it, were purchued for
the Liring of Chorl^, with £200, another part of the said £600, before the jear
1642. Mr, Bameter also bequeathed, by Will, £200 to the Corporation of Preston,
Ibr A-pprenticiog p^r Children. Thia auia waa alao inTcated in land, anerwarda, im-
ibrtiinalel;, demised idong nith that purchflwd for the Vicar of PrcetoD, (or otia
thoQund joora, subject to an ammal paTinent of £10 to the Vioar, and £6 for Binding
oat Apprenticea.

' JUtlnj Hail ia a large pile of wood, phuter, and brick, rebuilt in the year 1600, and
piued with Margaret, datightor and heireaa of Robert Oharnock of Chamock and
Ajtlej, to Bichard Brooke Esq. second son of Sir Peter Brooke of Mere in the
OOOD^ of Chester, in the latter part of the aeienteentb century. In the jeai I7ST
Snjaiuia, daughter and beireaa of Petir Brooke Esq. married (1) Thomas Townle;
Parker Esq. b; whom she had a son, Robert Toimley Parker, now of Cuerden, Bojie,
and Eitwisle, all in this county. Esq. She married (2) Sir Henry Philip Hoghton
Bart, and by him, who died in the year 1S35, had a son, the present Sir Henry B
Ho^ton Bart.

' Chorlej Hall harag stood for nuuiy age*, waa taken down in the jwr 1807-*,
and a large (brtresA-likc ediQee built by Thomas Oillibrand E»q. at a coat of £15,000,
J eaUed Gillibnnd Hall, though fomurly Lower Chorloy HaH

366 jBLotttia etnlvinmin.

Vfmi'^ovuit. S^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ Almshouse^ built by Hugh Cooper Esq. (iu 1682^)
J^^ for 6 poor Widows, who have & p. [er] an. [num] charged
on lands, to buy each of y™ a Gray Grown. W* remains goes
equally for fiiell among y™.

CfixritM. Settled upon y« Poor, by [a] Decree of [the] Chanc.[ery Court
of] Lane, [aster, 19^ July 1654,] a messuage and Lands in Chorley^
cont.[aining] ab* 13 acres, let for 12i«10" p.[er] an. [num,] out of
w^^ 51 p.[er] an. [num is] to be distrib.[uted] to [the] native Poop,
at Xtm's : the rest for hosen, shoes, shirts, &c. for y« Poor. [£100,
left by the Will of Wm. Hodgson, dated 31st Oct. 1624, was thus
invested.] 30"p.[er] an. [num] given by Mr. [William] Mason,
in 1638, to [the] Poor of Chorley and Duxbury, equally, by Rent
Charge. 3tf given by Tho.[mas] Sharrock; l(fi by sev.[eral]
other persons, [the] Int.[erest of which to be] distrib.[uted] at
Xtmas. V.[ide] Standish.

rndTiTOiierj^^i Certif.[ied] 221.13-.

00^, viz. 201 paid by [the] Rect.[or]
of Croston; and l^»l4fi'6^ paid also by y« Rect.[or,] being a
debenture formerly payable out of y« Dutchy Court, [and in 1588
said to be £3. 2s. 2d.] Int.[ere3t] of ff-lO", 8».6d,- Surp.[lice]
fees, 10".

Higher Ghorlej Hall, the residence of the ancient feudal Lorda, was confiscated by
the attainder of Bichard Chorley of Ghorlcj Esq. who was executed at Preston in tho
year 1715-16, and his Estate sold to Abraham Crompton of Derby Gent, for £5,550.
It has since been purchased by Bobert Townley Parker Esq.; and the Hall was taken
down in the year 1817.

* Cross Hall, formerly the residence of the Cross fSEunily of liverpool, is now
divided into cottages and workshops.

1 Dedicated to St. Mary. Value in 1884, £495. Begisters begin in 1670.

A moiety of the Manor of Bufibrd was granted in the reign of Henry I. by Bichard
Bussel, the second Baron of Penwortham, to Bichard Fitton ; and his descendant,
Matilda, daughter and coheiress of Bichard Fitton, married Sir William Hesketh in
the year 1275, and conTcyed her moiety of the Manor to his family. Sir John
Hesketh, grandson of Sir William, haying married Alice, daughter and heiress of

JBeaners of l^lanB. 367

An. [no] 1664, upon j* Petition and Representation of the In-
hab. [itants,] it was Ordered y' y" Rect.[or] of Croston sh^ pay y*
Curate 25' p. [er] an.[num,] without Ded. [uction,] as y« former
Possessours of y= Tytha had done; and that from y" time y"
Curacy became void, if it was not tilled in a mouth, the Bp.
sh'* put in a Curate.

J^^ fft School was erected here an.[no] 1713, by Mr. Hesketb, mnaX.
jl^B Mr. Bellingham, and other Inhab. [itants.] No settled
allowance only 10' p.[cr] an.[num] raised by Contrib. [utions,] 6'
of w^ Mrs. Bellingham, Widow, has bound herself to pay during
life; and Mr, Pilkington payes 1' p.[er] an.[num] whilst he (
tinues Rectour; the rest is raised by [the] Inhabitants. Only
4'-10» was given by Mrs. Hesketh, [the] Int.[erest of which is

£dmimd Fitton, who held Uuf other h&lf of the Manor, the vhol» bei^anie Tcated
in bin). With the exception of one Eetntc belonging to the Church, the irhole
Parish is an unbroken Manor, of which Sir Thomas G. Hesketb of BuUbrd Bart, ia
the Lord.

A Chapol existed here before the reign of Edirard III. aa in tho jaa 1344 tbat
King, when in Nonnandf, gnuited a Licenae to Sir William Heiketh to foDiid a
CbantT7 in the Chapel of 8t. Mary of Rufford- — JTar/, Sii. 2063, p. 185. Thia
Chantry was disiohed in the jow 1548, rBotowd in the jear 1553, and anppreaaod bj
Queen Eliiabetb.

BuSbrd Chapel waa returned in the year 1650 aa three and three qaarter mike and
twelTe roods from the Mother Church, and fit to b« aopantod from it and made a
diitioct Pariah, " in respect that the Wotera lying betwiit the Toirn of RutTord and
the Farish of Croaton are for the most part all the Wiuter lime not passable. Mr.
Wooda, well qualillad, and oonformable to the HCato and QoTemmest, doth officiate
the Cure, but bath no other Sallary aate the bcoerolence of his Aaditory and the
IlLhibitaotg there." — i'ari. I»q. Laatb. lAbr. vol. ii.

In the year If 33 a Brief woa obtained, and in 17M the Chupol vaa rebuilt and
finiahcd at a charge of £1,166 ; in the year 1793 the Chapelry was constituted a distinct
Pariah, and endowed with the great and small Tithea of Buflbrd, and the great Tithes
of Ulnes Walton, the latter Township, hownrer, atill rMnaining part of the Parish of
Croston, and the small Tithea still being payable to the Hector of that Pariah : £20
per aoQDm, payable to the Curate of RuETord by the Rector, to cease, and the fifth
port of ananciBDt peuion of £15. Mm. 4d. payable to tho Crown, to be defrayed by the
Sector of Bnfford, with power for him to hold by gift or derise, twenty acres of land, on
which to build a Beotory-honso. The Adrowaon was purduaed about tbe year 1816,

368 jBLotftia et»tKim»i».

paid] to [the] Master^ who is nominated by Mrs. Bellingham and
Mr. Pilkington. The School is free only to Contributors who live
in y« Village.

Cftarttff. I^g eft by Rich^ Savidge, 10^, now reduced to & • 10", [the] Int.
9^ erest of w«^ is paid to y« Curate, [but] for w* use is not
said.

laugm. "S^ aili.S2rON.i This ChappeU was

£. a. <L ^^( built by Mrs. Legh of Bank, and Con-

TrL./. 00*. 03 loo sccratcd an. [no] 1720. Ded.[icated] to S* James.

bj tho Trustees of Le Gcndre Piers Starkie Esq. (who died on the 25th of October
1807,) of the Bey. Edward Master, the Patron and Bector, and was derised bj the
Will (bearing date the 11th of April 1821,) of Le G^endre Starkie Esq. (who died s.p.
on the 28th of February 1822,) to his brother, Le Gkndre Nicholas Starkie of Hunt-
rojd Esq. the present Patron.

> Dedicated to St. James. Value in 1834, £800. Begisters begin in 1719.

Tho Manor of Tarleton was held in the time of Bichard II. bj Alexander
Banastre ; and a moiety of it appears to haye passed with Margaret, daughter and
heiress of Thomas Banastre, in marriage to Thomas Hesketh Esq. living in the year
1887. The other moiety remained in the Banastres of Bank in Bretherton, until the'
death of Christopher Banastre Esq. when his daughter and coheiress Anne, bom in
the year 1664, married Thomas Fleetwood Esq. and conTeyed it to her husband.
Hanna Maria, their daughter and heiress, married Thomas, second son of Bichard
Legh of Lyme Esq. who dying before the year 1723, left an only son, Fleetwood
Legh Esq. who died without male issue in the year 1725; and the Estate appears to
have passed to Peter Legh of Lyme Esq. whose second daughter and coheiress,
Elizabeth, married in the year 1765, Anthony James Keck of Staughton Ghrangc
in the county of Leicester Esq. M.P. and conyeyed Bank Hall to his family, which is
now in the possession of hb son, Lieut. Colonel George Anthony Legh Keck M.P.
who, with Sir Thomas G. Hesketh, is the joint Manorial Lord of Tarleton.

In the year 1718 Thomas Hesketh Esq. and Mrs. H. M. Legh, the joint Manerial
owners, the Bey. Henry Lcadbetter, Bector of Croston, and twenty-three of the
Freeholders of Tarleton, on behalf of themselyes and others, petitioned Bishop Ghtstrell
for a License to erect a new Chapel in Tarlton, sixteen yards in length and seven
yards in breadth. They stated that during "the late unhappy Usurpation an edifice was
built, by the prevailing Faction, in Tarlton and used for a pretended place of Worship,"
which, at the Bestoration, had occasionally in it Divine Service and Sermon according

Oranrrp of ^.F^laiiQ. 369

Certif.[ied] that nothing belougs to it. Right of Nominating
y Curate [is] vested by Act of Consecrat. [ion] in Mrs, Legh, and
her heirs, w"' y" approbation of [the] Rect,[or] of Croaton.

Here is one Chappell -warden.

Augmented w"' 200' given by Mr. Lcpih of Bank, and others,
an.[no] 1719.

Augmented again with 200' left hv Mrs. Barton, aa.[no]
1723.

to the doctrine Had diacipliDp of tho Cburch of England ; but tbo eaii! building neyer
hacing been coueecrnted, nnd baring no endowment, the Worship of Ooil waa neg-
lected, (he Chnpol grndually fell ioto decay sold bccanic o ruin, and the ground,
once ditched and set out for a Chapel-jard, lay waste and nnfenL-ed. The Fotitionent
fllrtiier staled that tho population had increued, and tbat owing to their being four
milta from the PariA Clrarcb, and in Winter time by the oycrflowiog of riTBTS, innn-
dations, and tho ghortncBB of the days, they vere prevented attandiug Woralitp, and
tome, in consequence, had been led to divide &om the Church ; therefore, the Lord
and Lady of the Manor, to prevent such miKhief and detriment to the Church for
the future, gave the site of the old ruined Chapel on which to erect a new one, and
they, the principal and other Landowners, agreed to build it without any eipenae to
the Rector. To secure a permanent orthodox loimmbcnl, well and truly affected to
the Church of England, the Petitioners subscribed £200, in the hope of obtaining a
■imilar grant from the Bounty of Queen Anne ; and they consented that the Minister
should bo nominated to the Chapel by the Beetor of Croaton for the time being, on
the recommendation of the Lorda of the Uanor of Tarleton, who should be adhcrenta
and cordially affected to the Church of England, along with the majority of (he prin-
cipal Inhabitants, who should also be similarly affected.

It appeared that shortly afterwards, some few peraona in Tarieton seeing tho Chapel
in great forwardneas, and a large yard enclosed, and being deairous to rerede from
their engagement, alleged that the Chapel waa not built on the site originally in-
tended, and they objected to the altered site, as being lesa oenlral, although il waa
only one hundred rods from the place where the Preabjterian Chapel had stood. The
rceaons which had induced (he principal subHTribers to alter the site were that in the
place where the Chapel was then in building there oueo stood a Chapel of great note
BLlid antiquity, dedicated, according (o tradition, to St. Helen: it wag Parochial, as
appeared by the bones that had been dug up, especially on laying the foundation of
(ho now Chnpel. Tho Biptistcry near the Chnpd was still railed " H. Helen's WeU,"
■nd, within the memory of man, had been very much resorted to by the Devotees of
those timea, although the Chapel itielf fell into decay about tbe beginning of the last
(seventeenth) century. In addition to tho antiquity of the site, it had the advantagt'
of a dry and noble aituation, having a Sne and pleasant prospect. It waa more com-
modioUB for the inhabitants of Sollom and Brutbertou, who would often be obliged

VOL. n.] 3 b

370

^otitia Crr«trini(if».

Sa^ rrc was a School built an.[no] 1706, by Mr. Fleetwood' of
^^ Bank, and other Inhabi.[taat8,] free only to 14 poor Chil-
dren of this TownsP, who pay 12^ apiece entrance. No settled
maintenance but S'-IO' p.[er] an.[nuni,] the Rent of a piece of
Land given by Will.[iam] Johnson, Yeoman.
There are nine Trustees, who nominate y^ Master.

to repur thither when prcrcntixt by water bom going to their Pnrish Church. Fort of
the PreabjtcTian Chapel-jard had. been leased out b; Mr. Heekelh of Ruflbril, and the
remainder wm too narrow for a Ceroctrj for so Urgu & Chapclrj, Dor could a
■eouro (itla be made to it, as Madnm Legh of Batik bod an equal right to the jard,
and the SuSbrd Estate was then in Trust, and the heir apparent a minor. In favour
of the old Chspel-jard it was c^ontonded that it admitted of no dispute, the whole
iuhcritanco belonging to Madam Legh, who poescBsed her Estate in fee simple ; and
out of hoc Fietj not only restored to tbo Church what formcrlj belonged to it, but
out of her Qcuerusity Bubscribed a rccy coneidorable sum, gaie ten timber (niCB for
the Sumt, and liberally promised such Utensils as would be necceaary for Divine Ser-
vice, thereby not otdy promoting the erection, endowment, and ornament of tho
Chapel, but also securing the donation of it to future BgL's. — Bisliop Gastrell's MSS.
in the EegUlry, Cheiier,

Baincs is singolarlj ineioct in his ftccoont of this Church. Ho says " the Floot-
woods of Bank-hall, joint Lorda of the Manor, erected Tarleton Chapel, now Taileton
Church, in 1717, and on tbo 81th of July 1719 the odifiee wns consecrated and dedi-
cated to St. John." — Bintory of Lancaikire, voL iii. p. 434. Bishop Qastroll is wrong
in tho date, 1720, and Eeton in giving St. Mary as the Patron Saint. A Chantry in
Tarleton Chapel waa dissolved in the year 1 5-18. In the year 1650 tho Parliamcotary
Inqiiisitora rocommondcd the building of n new Church at the three Lane Enda in
Tarlton, at that lane end called tho " Black Gate Lauo End, lohere a Chttrck is nom
in buiUUHg for the Inhabitants of Tarlton, Holmes, and ZoDom, which wo present
needful to bo made a Parish Church. It will be above four miles from Croston, tho
number of fiunilies will bo cigbty-scven, and the eongregatioa will amount to four
hundrud and thirty-one persons." This was constituted a scparatu atid distinct Parish
&om Croston in the year 1821, and the Patronage of tbo Scctory, formcriy vested
in tho Ber. Struynsham Master D.D. Hector of Croston, is now held by his son,
the Rev. E. M. Master M.A.

' Thomas Fleetwood of Sank Esq. was n public spirited and beuevoleat individual.
Ho obtained a Charter from William III. in tho year 1700, for an snnual Fair for
Pedlary, to be held here on tho 23d and 21th of April, and afterwards for two other
Fairs, on the E3d of September, and 23d of October, yearly ; but they have been
discontinnod. He waa the flrst improver of Martin More. He died on tho 22d of
April 1717, aged Ofty-sui years, and had a marble monument, with a Latin inscrip-

JBcanci'jt of l.rslantf.

I <F<^1E32r0N.' about 26(f p.[er] an. [num.] »,

An. [no] 1544, [a] Ecctour [was] presented by pt.'a.

[the] E.[arl] of Derby. Insl .[itulion] B.[ook,] l,?ri!v:

C p. 22. Fma....

An.[iio] 1601, Richard Latham Esq. Patron. BJoo/c] 2, ^I^mp"

a big memory b; bia relict, Letitia Flaot-

1 DcdiL-alfd to St. Hary. Value in 1S34, £066. Boguten begin in 1603.

Atlar the defection of Roger de Poictou, Ecclcston was diridnl botwtvm Albert de
GmlDj und Roger de BualL Witrin Biusel, tbo Brst Baron of Fenwortluun, gare
two ciUQoalci of land in Iloton and Ecclmton witb bie dnugliter, in &eo marriBgD
to Hutio Finroma, whoic eon William nns stjlcd Lord of Eccle«ton, and bis son
Adam assumed Iho larnHruo of Hoghton. Tho Southcra part of tbu dietrict fell to
the BbATe of Albert do Oreslcj:, who gave a knigbt'a foe in Dallon, Pnrbold, and
Wrightington, in marriiigB with his duughttr to Orm, the son of Ailward. Eestdn,
on the East of Eocleston, Ibo King gave to Wimauus Ocmet, who«o deacwndant,
Benedict Ocmet, held the Manor of Eceloston, which hi> grond-dnughter Joao, con-
vejed in marriage, in the 53d Hcnrj' III. to William de Dacre, in whoM bmily it
continued until the attainder of Sir Humphrey Docro, Baron Daere of Oillealand,
after the Battle of Towton, in the year 1461. The act of ottoindor wa«, howCTer,
revoraed ; but Edward IT. had prerioudy granted a moiaty of the Manor to Thoma*
Holyncui Esq. which was sold by his drscDDdant, Viscount Motyncui, in the hut
cmtuiy, to James Longwortb of Liverpool Esq. by whose beir« it ig now poucated.
Bdward IT. olao granted the other moiety, and the Mmior of EesHn, to Tbomag
Walton of Walton Eeq. Tbeso propertim afterwards passed to the Wrightingtons of
Wrighlinglon, and from tbero, in the aerenteentb century, with Ann, daughter of
John Wrightington Esq. lo her husband, Itobert Dicconson of Brick Iloiue in
Bccloton E>q. whoao grandsoD, William Dicconson of Wrighlinglon Esq. wa*
Bttainlnl of nigh Treason in the time of William HI.-, and in the Buirej of his
Estates in the year 1707, are the Manor* of Hcslun and Eccleaton. In the year IB83
liu represontatiTe, Charles Dicfonion of Wrightington Esq. on succeeding to the
Boarisbrick Estates Msumed the surname of Scariabrick.

A moiety of the Church of "Aycleton" wna pvea by Soger de Poictou, along with
the Frioij of Lancaster, to Iho Abbey of Sees, shortly after the Conquest ; and in
the year 1243, Warin do Walton and Sir Boger Oemet of Holton quit olaimed
their right in the Adrowsou, which thus hccame rested in the Priory of iMicftstcr.

372

ILotitta ffffstricnsio.

Au.[iioJ 1628j the King and Court of Wards presented Mi*.
Rich'i Pair."

An. [no] 170ij [the] Right of Patronage was, upon a Jure
Pafron. [a/iJ»,] adjudged to Wil.[Uam] Latham Gent, ag" Isab.
[ella] Crisp of Parbold, "Widow. Reff.[isler] B.[ook,'] 4, p. 3.

2 Wardens; 3 Assist. [auts;] chosen Can.[onicallj'.] One
Warden scncs for Eccieston and Heskin, (w'='' is reckoned one
moyety of y« Par.[ish;]) the other for Wrightington and Parbold,
being y« other moyety.

At s vvTj earlj period it was h Cbapel under Croston. — Sea JJote, p. 354, bj Dr.
DucnreL It wu Tnlued in tho je&T 1291 at £12 per anuimi. 15th knl. June 1299,
Mmter Willinin de Lancostcr was presented to the Church of Eccleston hj the Prior
■nd ConTcnl of Laiicastpr. — Lib. 1/3 fol. 26, and 8 a, Sfg. Langloa in Cur. Lichf.
At the DiaaolutioD, the Adrownon passed to the Eurl of Berbj ; but nas obtained
before tho 9th EliEabolh, by Ricliari) Latham of Parbold £aq. The Patronage woh
once eierciied bj John Criep of Oraj'a Inn Esq. io the year 1C71, which »pprar»
to hare rnised a chum to the AdTOWBon in ITCH. On the death of William Lathnta
Esq. about the year 1730, the Estate and AdTowaou became vested in Thomm Crisp
Esq. M.F. for Ileheflter, who Lad been SberiU* of Lancashire in the jeor 1716, and
who, before hii death, in 1T5S, had sold the AdTOweoa. In the year 1S13 Willinm
Yates M.A. became Hector on the presontatlon of his father, William Yatca Esq. of
Bury in this county, who bad purcha«<d the Living of the Bey. Thomas Whitehead,
the Rect«r.

A Chantry existed in this Church in the yenr 1548.

In tho year 1660 Mr. Edward Geo, "an orthodoi prcachiog Min'," had the Par-
eonsge'house and Gleba, together with a water Corn Mill , valued at £30 per annum,
and also the Tithes, which in 1643, had been taken by the Parliament from Dr. Forr.
Dr. Edward Geo was a Presbyterian Tory, and wrote in the year 1653 The Divine
Bigil, and Oriffinat of CicU Ma^iatratea, apparently in favour of Charles IT. then
in exile. ETe had published a Treatvit on Frai/er in the year 1653, and also two
Sermons.

'HichardParrD.D. horn at Eeoleeton in the year 1592, entered of BrasenoaeCoUi^
OioD in 1609, elected Fellow in 1G14, appointed Sector of Lodhroke in the county of
Warwick in 1626, which ho resigned on being Instituted to the Rectory of Ecclcston
on February 6th 1628. In the year 1635 ho was conseeratcd Bishop of the Ie]o of
Man, holding Ecoteston in conMMiufon. He was sequestered &om both by the Par-
liament in the year 1643, Bod died before the Bestoration. He published several
Senaons, — sU very scarce. Hia nephew, Edward Parr of Wood in Ecclestou Gent,
married Margaret, daughter of Edward, and grand-daughter of Richard Robinson of
Euxton Gent, and of his wife Margaret, daughter of Mr. Adam Holland of Kewton in
Manchester, a very near connexion of Humphrey Chetham of Turton Esq.

Oeancrn of ^Lc^UnO.

Ancient Seats : Wrightington Hall,^ Old and New Hall/ Brad- ftatW.
ley,5 Parbold,^ Harrock,' Fairhurst.^

^^[ ftCtC 13 a Gram, [mar] School^ at Heskin in this Par.[ish,] <
^jFomidcd an.[no] 1597, by S' Jam.[es] Pcmbcrton, Gold- ^
smith, L^ Mayor of Lond. [on,] by vertue of Lett. [era] Pat. [cut]
from Q. [ueen] Eliz. [abeth,] to be free to [the] Inhab. [itants] of
this or any other adjoitiiug Par. [ish.] He endowed it by Will w*^
50' p.[cr] an.[nuni,] for Master and Usher, payable out of all Iii«
Lands ; but his Widow and Exec, [utors] having, w"" [the] con-
sent of y" then Gover. [nors,] fist this sum aa a rent Charge upon
Houses in Loud, [on,] w*^ were burnt an. [no] IfiGfJ, this annuity
was, by a Decree of y" Court for rebuilding y* City, sunk to 30'
p,[er] an.[num] for 61 years, after w*^"" y" 50' p.[er] an.[uum] is
to revive, and continue ; out of w^'' summe (by Order of y" first

* WrightingtoQ Hall IB a handwjme struotnre of elans, with two emnll wmgs. On
llie W«3t of the hotuo are the remuna of ■ wood and phutcr building, ronned in yel-
low and block compnrtmenta. The arms of WriglitingtoD nnd Diccoaeoii ne on n
shield OTDT the door ; and the prinrijial part of the mansion ku built iu the early
part of the loat century. The Fuk nbounda vilh Deer, and a uimired fur it* pic-
turesque sceneij.

* Old Uall, in Ucskin, boa been romoied, and a farm-houae oct-upiea its site.
Heskin New Uall 'a a large brick gabloil edifice, which was purchan^d by Bobert

Uawdesle; uf Mawde^ley Esq. of Sir Bichard Molyneux Bart, in the 2d Charlea I.
1637. The Manor of Ueskiu woe purehuod b; a Decree of Cbauotrry in the year
1739, by Alciandcr Korsbaw Esq. who died in tho yuar 1788, aged nbety-two Jean. —
See p. 359 '3G0, Note 8. The property ia now Tcated in Trustees for the btmeHt of
a Minor.

' Bradley Hall is the ancient Manor-home, and remained in the Moiynenx fanilj
from the Gflecnth century until it puned to the Rev. Adam Bigby, Sector of EccIcb-
ton, who deviafd it to lui nephew, Alexander Kigbj Esq. and is now the property of
Miss Fletcher, aiitcr of the Ut« Oeoeral John Bigbye Fletcher. It ii uacd la a {arm-

* Parbold was held by Bichard de I^tbom in the time of King John ; and hia
greal-gtandson, Edward Lathom, is styled "of Farbold," in the a9tb Edward ILL
In tlie 9th Ehiaheth, the Manor waa held by Sicbard Lutbom Esq. and continued in
his family until the beginning of the cighteoivth century, when the Hall, a apacioDi
edifice of &dc stone, was built.

' HaiTock H^ i> an ancimt gabled muuion of atone, and waa in the Bigfaje

L

374 iJjifitfA Crstrfrnsis.

Governours, as is aupposed,) 40 marks is to be y Master's Salary,
and 20 marks y« Uahor's, and y" residue is to goc to [the] Repairs
of y* School, and for a Sermon and Dinner for [the] Gov", Mas-
ters, and Scholars, every S* James' Day.

There are 12 Gov", who arc to Elect [the] Master and Usher
and other Gov. [emors,] upon a vacancy, w*''in 2 months; and if
they make not a due Election in that time, it then belongs to
[the] Princip' and Scholars of Brazenoac to Elect ; and upon their
neglect, to y" Wardens and Commonalty of y" Comp.[any] of
Goldsmiths in Loud, [on.]

The Com. [mon] Seal, Founder's Will, and other Writings, are
kept in a Chest «?'•* 3 locks, in y= School.

An.[no] 1685, Mrs. Eliz.[abeth] Cooper [of Chorley, Widow,]
gave 50', [the] Int.[erest] for teaching Poor Children English,
and instructing them in the knowledge of God and the principles
of the Reformed Religion, and buying them Books, partic. [ularly]
Bibles.

fuujlj uitOTior to tho fifteontli conturj. Tbe &imlj coatinued in the male line until
the death of Tbomaa Bigbyc Eeq. vbo, bj Will datrd thu IBtb of October 1776, and
prored ot Che«ter on tbe lltb of February 1779, doTieed Enrrock Hull nod hi* ahare*
of tho Manor of Wrigbtington, and other largo Estates, to bia sialor, Eleanor Rigbjo,
for ber life, with remainder to Iiis s^bew, tbe 'Rev. John Baldvriu M.A. Bector of
North Mcols, who, in oompliBnco with his uncle's Will, obtained the Royal License
to aesume tho Bumome and arms of Rigbye ; and on bis licatli, tbo Eetaloe desoended,
according to tbe Will of Thomas Rigbye Esq, to tbe Rct. Bigbye Baldwin, M.A.
third son o( the Rct. John (Baldwin) Eigbje, who, in the year 1796, also obtained
tho Royal Lioeuso to use tbe name and arms of Rigbye only. On bis death in tbe
year 1BZ9, he was eupoc«ded by hie son. Captain Rigbye Baldwin Rigbye. Bainea'i
Booonnt of the latter descents of tbia family ia very inaceuralo. — Vol. iii. p. 481.

" EWburat is a brick house of some antiquity, and has been for Beyarol generations
in tbe family of tbe Nelsons.

' On the 20tb of February, and I2lb of March 1067-8, Mary Barnard, widow and
Eioentrii of William Barnard Esq. and her five daughters, were the PclilioncFB, and
Bir Roger Bradsbaigh, and the Governors of the Qrammar School of Sir James Pem-
berton, deceased, in Rccleston, and Isaac Foster Esq. and others, were tbe Defend-
ants, in the Court of Judicature, for settling tbe disputes arising in respect of pro-
perty destroyed in tho Fire of London in 1666. The Petitioners set forth that the
snid William Bomanl being seized of four messuages, demised by Indentures of the
14lh of Novombcr in the 3d Charles I, (o Edwani Greene of London Gcnl, two mc-

nfflncnj of IrsianO. 375

fj^j eft by Adam lligby, [the] Kcct.[or,] 20' p.[er] aii.[num] flljarHiri.
■^^ for 100 years, being a Rent Cliarge upon Lauds in Eccles-
ton and Euston; w''^ gift was confirmed for ever by Alcx.[aiider]
Righy Esq.'" aii.[uo] 1629, and is to be laid out yearly in Bread,
Grey Coats, and Gowns, and iu such manner as is by y" s,^ Rigbya
dlreetcd.

Left by H.[ugh] Diekeuson, (in 1683,) 50i, [the] Int.[ere8t] for
Buying six blue Coats for six poor persons yearly, to be lettered
with H, D, on the sleeves. By Rich.[ard] Fleetwood Est|. 1^-4^
p.[er] an.[num,] out of Houses in Fleet Street. By Henry Char-
nock, taylouT, 20 marks to [the] poor of Eccleston aud Heskin.

1^ (9a®iaS.' This Chap, [el] is placed
HBR at y* extremity of y" Parish, and seems
to have been erected chiefly for y* eouvenicncy of y* adjoining
ParisheSj viz. Wigan and Ormskirk, the Congreg. [ation] consist-
ing mostly of [the] Inhab. [itants] of those Parishes.

tnages called the "Uoor'a Head," in Foster Lane, in the Puuh of St. Michael in tho
Quomc ; and the said Willinin BBmard, in the year 1654, demised one mesaiuige in
Cheapsido in the Pariah of St. Matthoir, Fridsj Street, called "the awaa," to one Gaji
and baring made hia Will, deriaed the premise* to the Pctitioaor, Mar; Barnard, for
liJe, with remsinder f« Fraacia SarDard, hia only aon, (who ia sinoe dead, iritboat
iacne,) and the rerimion to thc^ aaid danght^rs. That tho aaid Usry Barnard, the
widow, by Indenture dated the ISlh of December 1G60, domiacd to Daniel Maddocki
the other meaBuage called the " Ooldcn Unicom," in Cheaptide, in tho Pariah of St.
Matthew, formerly belonging to a Cbantiy in St. Paul'*, London, and held by Lcwo
for two hundred yeara, the rereraion being in the heirs of Bir Martin Bowei. The
OoTtmora of the School claimed an annuity of £60, charged on the two honae* Ul
Foeter Lane, on one of the houaea in Cheojwide, and on certaiu land* in Emcx. — Aid,
UBS. 5070, Ko. 42, BritUk Mutevm.

" Colonel Alexander Bigby M.P. ws« nephew and hor of Mr. Adam Bigby, who
waa Bector of Ecclnton &om the year 1601 to 16E7. The Bector died anmanied,
beiiig the third son of John Bigby of Uiddletoa Baq. and hia wife Joann^ dnght<r
of Gilbert Molynem of Hawkley E»q.

■ Patron Saint nnknown. Value in 1S34, £134. Begistcra b(^ b 1S18.

A rery contiderable portion of the Townabip of Farbold wa* boo^l of tlM Cn*p

376

jSjiHtia (ETcatrtrnais.

Certif.[ied] 10i-00»-0Oi, viz. 2' left by Mr. Durning of Bisp-
ham; 7'10", [the] Iiit.[ere8t] of 150' given by sever.[al] persons,
atsev.[eral] times; Surp.[lice] fees, 10'.

There is 20''' p[er] ait.[nuiii] more, left diiring y Life of Rich.
[ard] Hawctt, who is above 70.

4 m.[iles] from Ecclcston; [and] 3 m.[iles] from [the] next
Ch.[urch.]

It ia supplyed by [the] Ilect.[or] of Eccleston, or his Curate,
every Sunday, except w" the Sacram' is admiuistcred at y* Mother
Church.

I

0O1.S.' St. Micbael's inpba Much Hoole, a
Chappcli biiilt by Mr, [John] Stones, [of Carr House,
near Hoole,] Citizen of London, and other Inhab.
[itants] of Much Hoole and Little Iloole, upon ground
" given by S' Pet.[er] Legh and S' Tho.[mas] Bartron, and eii-
dowed by y* b^ Mr. Stones w"* 40' p.[er] an. [num.] was Conse-

fcrnUy about tbo year 17S1, for tlie sum of £34,360. 15b. gd. under the aiitLoritj of
ui Act of Parlisment graatod to Willinm DiceoiuaD of Wrightisgton Eeq. and
Heliora (Htanlc)') his wifi\ and Edwnrd Dicconson Esq. their son nnil heir apparont,
wberebj they were enabled to bcU the Manors of Stainton and Kanby in the county
of Lincohi, nod Eatatea in Tarious pariehm of LancaahirE, and to iuveet parts of the
produce of the sale in the pnrchase of Parbold, whieh baa descended to tlicir repre-
aentativo, Charles ScariBbrii-k Eaq. ^ Lane, MSS, vol. x«i. p. 465.

Thi« Chapel is situated in the Township of Parbold, and was built by aubscription,
in the aerentocnth eonlury. — Bnines's Einl. of Lane. toI. iii. p, 479. It wna probably
then rebuilt, as it existed in the j^ear IS77, and is noticed in Saiton's Map of the
County. In the year 1650 there was a donation of £200 in the hands of Andrew
Whittle of Wrightlnglon for the uao of a Preacliing Minister here; and also £5 given
by John Towgood of Wrightington, dooeased, the interoBt of which was tlien received
by Mr. William Brownswood thp Curate. — Pari. Inq. Lamh. Libr. rol. ii. Mr,
JoMthan Soholfield was Iho ejected Minister of this Chapel in the year 1662.

The Rector of Eccleston ia the Pntron.

' Dedicated t
t«r> begin in 16

St. Michiwl. Holy Trinity, (Jfr/oti.) Vaii

IFm. £175. Regis-

Ocdnrtj) of le^Ianti.

877

crated v* Par.[ocliial] privileges by B.[ishop] Bridgman aii.[no]
1629, for y« use of [the] Inhab. [itants] of Mucli Hoolc, Little
Hooie, and Brothcrton, w*^ reserve of 3' p. [cr] an. [num] Proc.
[uration] to [the] Bp. and [the] Right of Nom. [iuating] y« Curate
to Mr. Stones, w^ Act of Consecr. [ation] was drawn up by [the]
Advice of D" of Law. Iieff.[isler,'] p. 415.

Much Hoole and Little Hoole, w'^'' are in proportion to a qnar- SotDtK. 2.
ter as 38 is to 18.

This was made a distinct Parish from Croston, out of v*^ it was
taken, by Act of Pari, [iament,] an. [no] 1641, an Agreement being
made w'^i y Rcct.[or,] and y« Right of Patronage confirmed to
Mr. Stones and his Heirs. V.[ide] Act in New Rfff.[kter.]

Certif.[icd] l«i-03»-0Oi, viz. Tyth Com, 58'; Tith Hay, Easter
Dues, and Small Tyths, S'-IO"; Mortuaryes and Surp.[licc] fees,
l'-5", Ded.[uct] Pens, [ion] for y" Schoolmaster of Hoole, 10';
fee farm rent to y" Crown, 6i-12»-0J.

[A] Rector [was] presented an. [no] 1660, by Maria Porter,
widow of Rieh.[ard] Porter of Lambcrhurst in Kent Esq,

An. [no] 1686, King James presented by Lapse.

[Anno] 1701, S' 'rho.[mas] Wheatc presented.

Thomu Bonutre held the Manor of Oront IIoolc in Ibe oarlj port of tbo reign gf
Henrj III. and his EsUtc pnssod before the year 1387, with Margarot, daughtiT ou'l
heiress of Thomas Baoaatre, to her hasband, Thomas Hesketh of RnlTord, whose
dnecDdant, Sir Thomas Q. Heekcth, Q. A. Lcgh Keck Eiq. and othora, an the prin'
dpal landowners in Much Hoole i but no MancrJal rights now oiist, aot aro anj
Courts held. The Lord of the Manor of Little Eooh> (which Manor Roger de Hout-
b«gon granted to the Priory of Thetford,) U Bice Ocorgc FeUowos of Edmonton
in the counCjr of Middlesex Esq. who is, or latvl; was, the onl; landowner in thr
Township, and by whom a Court Baron is yearly held.

The Church was erected in the BAeenth century as a Chapel of Ease to Croston,
(Bainos's Hitt. of Lane. toL iii. p. 411,) and re-edified in the ycur 16Z8. The Font
WM presented in the year 1633 by John Stones Esq. and the Communion Plate by
his family. On the 27th of July, in the 17th Charles I, (1642,) [16lh Chsrlra I. Dr.
Dncarel,] the Boyol Seal wns sitscbcd to the Act which separated this Chapeliy (ram
the Mother Cburch, and rcndurud it on independent Parish. In the year 1650 the
ParliBmonlary Inquisitors reported that Hoole, about ten yean ago, had been made a
•eparate Parish by Act of Parliament, with the consent of Mr. Byotl, Sector of
Croslon, who received for his consent £400 Iroin Mr. Thomu Btotui ud Mr. Andmr
VOL, II.] 8 C

378 fijom& etfMitmin.

[The] present Rect.[or] (1724,) [was] presented an. [no] 1703,
by Eliz.[abeth] Hamby, widow. Mrs. Hamby, and Mr. Crook of
Abram, [are] Patrons by Turns.

[There are] 2 Church w. [ardens J chosen accord, [ing] to [the]
89*^ Canon : one serves for Much Hoole, and the other for Little
Hoole, 4 years tog' ; and in every 5*^ year there are two in Much
Hoole, and none in Little Hoole.

Assessments are made in Much Hoole by the Acre, and in
Little Hoole by a Fifteen.
miXU There is no ancient Seat, Hall, or Grange.

Atbanl ^^l ^^^ ^^ * School here endowed w*^ l(fi p.[er] an.[numJ2 to
fj^g be paid by y^ Rect.[orJ as appears by his Certificate of y«
value of his Living recorded in [the] Exchequer an. [no] 1708, and
by sev.[eral] Witnesses now living, an. [no] 1722; but how, or by
whom it was settled, I cannot yet learn.

Certif . [icate] of y« same Eectour, [Mr. James Whitaker,] an.
[no] 1725, y* there is no Free School or any other School w**»in
y. Parish.

€b«xitM. WtSS ^^^^ *^ y® ^oor, 10^, [by Edward Stananought,] but not yet
* mm settled, 1718; &, given in 1709 by [the] Will of Ralph

Stones. Tho Tithes in Much Hoole and Little Hoole were valued at £60 a year, but
bad been alienated by Mr. Hjett. Mr. Samuel Jones, a godly preaching Minister,
received the Tithes of Much Hoole for his Salary.— Par^. Inq. Iximb, Libr. vol. ii.

In the year 1720 the Tower was raised upon four stone pillars, and is singularly
ornamented with vases or flower-pots. The Chancel was added in the year 1824 ;
and the Nave is without Aisles.

On being constituted a distinct Parish, the Patronage was ceded by the Rector of
Croston to Mr. Stones ; and has since been possessed by various individuals. Baines
states that Elizabeth Hanby presented Mr. James Whitaker to the Bectory in the
year 1709, (in the text 1703 ;) and before 1783, the Advowson was purchased by Mr.
Miles Barton of North Meols, whose grandson, tho Rev. Miles Barton, was lately the
Incumbent and Patron. The present Patron is the Bev. F. H. Sewell, Vicar of
Cockerham.

' It appears by the Parliamentary Inquisition taken in the year 1650, that £10 per
annum was given by Mr. Stones, the Patron of Hoole, to a School in Much Hoole. —
Pari. Inq. Lamb, Libr. voL ii.

Otann^ of ItvlanH.

Leylaud of Little Hoolc, [the] Int, [erest] to be laid out in Com-
nion Praver Books for Poor Children.

laiaXB,' about 1001 p.[er] au.[numj viz. Small 17._g
Tyths, Eaat.[er] Dues aud Surp.^ice} fees, near 60' F.m. ..
p.[er] an. [num;] besides W^ there is an Estate of *^'
about 40'p.[cr] an, [num,] called Leyland Hall, given Pr.An.o
to it by y* Crown, Dec. 11, 1690, This Estate was given an. [no] Yii..'.'. o
1660, by llob.[ert] Cbamock, in Trust, for the maintenance of
Secular Priests in Lancashire, and soe it was found by a Jury at
Lane. [aster] Assizes an. [no] 1686, upon w^ Verdict y" Lands
were Decreed by [the] Court of Exchequer to be forfeited to the
Crown; and K.[ing] W.[illianj] and Q.[uecn] M.[ary] afterwards
Granted the premises, in Tmst, to y* Vic.[ar] of Lcaland and his
Buccessours, for ever; w^^ Decree being Disputed, and a Bill of
Review brought, was again Affirmed in [the] Escb', and after that,
upon an Appeal to [the] House of Lords, affirmed there also,
Nov. 26 an. [no] 1690.

' Dedicated to Bt. Asdrow. Vtlaa in 1B31, £400. JUgiBtata begin in 1S38.

Edward tha ConieBSor held the Manor and Uundred of Leyland, nhiuh vme granted
by Roger do Poictou, afUir the Conquest, to Wariu Btusel of Feuwortliani, in whoao
d<Mcpndiints thty contiaoed until the lime of King John, when the Bsronj of Pen-
wortbam, uid a moiet; of the Manor of Lejtand, became reatetl in Roger do Lacy.
Tho other niDiotj was given in the 14th Henry m. 1230, in marriage with ATioia,
daogliter of Robert Btueel, to John de Firicgton, eon of Williani de Uelea, Coroder
of tho CTiureh of Leylnnd, and in the 22d Richard II. Jolin ot Gaunt, Dvke of I*n-
caiter, and William do Farington held Iho Manor in moietieB. In (he 21et Edward
IV. tho King gtanled to Thoroag Moljncui of Sefton, the half of the Manor of Lej-
land, whieb he possessed probably as Lmsce for a ibort period only, aa tho same King
conveyed tbia moiety for a term of yean, to Tboma« Walton Esq. Attorney Oencral
of the Conntj Palatine of Cheat«r, whioh he hold in Iho 1st Henry YII. On the
death of William Farington in the 17lb Heniy \'7I. it is recorded that be held
the Manor of Leyland by knight's scrviw, from wbjeh it might appear that the
Crown had granted this moiety to tho Lord of the other moiety. So Court is now
held for the Manor of Leyland, and its ciistonoc as a Manor, in tbe ordinary neeep-
tation of the lenn, has been singtitarly roodgh qitettioncA.

380 j^tftta Ceatricnoia.

Leyland; this Church was given to y" Monast. [ery] of Pen-
wortham by y" Founder of that Mon. [astery.] V.[ide] Dug.
[dale,] V. 1, p. 360.

An.[no] 12 Eliz.[abeth, the] Vicar [was] presented by John
Fleetwood Esq. Inst.[itulion] B.[ook,'] 1, Pap. Reg. p. 2.

[The] present Patron [is] Mr, Fleetwood of Penwortham, by
whom, (as it is believed,} the Clerk also is put in.

[The] Parish is divided into 4 quarters, via, Leyland, Enxton,
Whittle, Clayton, and Cuerden, and y" Moor Quarter, for w'**

Wariu Buasel, Baron of Fecvorthsm, gare his rigbt in Iho Church of LeyUnd, fhn
Church of Penwortham, and the Chnpol of MisiIb, with th«ir appurtenances, to the
Church of Evoabam ; aud the entire AiiroirBon of Lejland was coofinred on Iho same
Abboj b; Kiuhnrd Buasol, hia aon. In the year 1291 the Cborcb of I^ijloud «M
raluod at £10. On the IBth knL of Pebr. 1303, Mr. William do Crbabojis wot
instituted by the Bisliop to the Church of Loylanda, on the prcBODtotion of the
Abbot and Convent of Evethani. — Lib. 1/2 fol. S b, lUj, Langton in Cur. lAAf.

At the DiasolutioQ of tbo Monasteriea, the AdrowBon naa conveyed by the Crown
to John Fleetwood oF Penwortham Esq. in whose dcaccndanta it rornaint'd vested
until the year 174S, when it wai purehaeed by Ihe Rev. Thomas Baldwin, (he Vicar,
and is now held by his reprOBentotiTe, the Bev. Gardner Baldwin, tbo Incumbent.

Tbo Church eouaista of an ancient Tower, a Nave, Aisle«, Chancel, and a Cbopol
botoDging to the ffaringtona of Worden and Shaw Hall, confinnod to William Far-
ington Esq. by Bishop Chadderton in the year 15Q1. The arms of the family are
well painted in the windowB. A Chantry Was fauodod in Leyland Church in the IBth
Henry Vm, by Jamos Anderlon of Euilon Esq. The Arch which separates the
Nave from the Chancel is of tho time of Edward II. In the year 1616 the gruater
part of the Church wna rebuilt.

In the year 1650 there was one mansion-bouse belonging to tho Vicarage, with
other buililingB, and glebe amounting to twelve acres, worth £6 per annum. The
amall Tithes of the Vicarago wore valued at £5 per "imi'm Iho impropriate Tithes,
worth £271 a year, wero claimed by screral p<'rBons. There was no Inu-umbent, Mr.
James Langloy being lately (bad, (Pari. Inq. LaTub, Libr. vol. iL) and Mr, William
Bothwcll M.A. the Vicar, not being allowed by the Pucitaua to oUlciate. Uo hod
been violently draKged out of bis Church, and persecuted from place to place, and
would have starved had it not been for tho liberality of Mr. DanitI of Daroabury,
(mis-ipelt Densberry, by Walker,) in Cheahiro. Ho survived the Reetoralion, was
reaUjred to bis Living, and died here in the year 1677. — Walker's Snfmn^j i//Ae

In tho year 1650 the Parliamentary CommisBioncrB otalud that the Tithe Com of
CuerJen was worth £18 a year, which Mr. I'eler Borscough, Utely deceased, claimed
as his own inhtrilance, and left one pari thereof lo the Poor of CuerdcQ, auuther

IScaners of l,cslanli>

881

there are 4 Churchwardens. The Vic.[ar] chooses one out of 3
named to him by Leyland : the other 3 Quarters choose cacli of
y"" one.

Ancient Scats : Worden,^ Euxton,^ Clayton/ Cuerden,' Crook Ball*.
HaU,^ and Hoghton Tower.'

gQ^ ftp is a Free Gram, [mar] School, Founded by Q.[ucen] ftramm
a^Eliz.[abeth,] and endowed by her wt^ 3i.6'-8J p.[er] an. *'^'"'^'
[num,] payable out of y" Dntchy Rents ; to w"*" hath been given
since lOCf by Mr. Dandy; SO^ by Jam.[ea] Sherdley ; by Mr.
Walsh, Curate of Levcrpool, 10', [the] Int. [crest] of W*" to [be
paid to the] Master, who is Nominated by Truatees, appointed
accord, [ing] to a Decree in Chancery, who keep y" Writings.
1717. [The Rev. Thomas Armetriding, Vicar, by Will dated the

part to tho cliildreD of Bicluird Woodcoke, and tbo rott wu nqnesterod at tlw time
of the Inquisition, owing to the do!inqui>iu.7 of CbrutopLor Bsnutro and the koin of
Thomas Oibuldraton. — Pari. Inq. Lamb. lAbr. ToL iL

' Worden or Wewdcn Hall, the undent acst of llic FaringloM dospcndod from
John de Forington, aon of William do Meolia, aod graodBon uf llugh du Maoli*
liring at the Conqueat. Tho Cuoily continued in LejiLuid in unintciruptod male
BDcceuion for twcntj-Gre generatiom, until the death of JunM Nowoll Oanngton
Esq. in tho ;ear 1S48, whose ancestor. Sir Thomai Farington, appears to have quitttsd
WordcD for Shaw Hall about the time of James I. aad wliose great uovte, Sir
WlUJam Farington, ouliLrged the house anil nuulo it the depository of the morblosi
buits, and freaooes which he brought from It^y in the last ccntur;. Some remaina
of Worden llaU indicate its former respectabiUt;, and lome of the ofEces atiO retain
the fiunily arms cnrrod on the projecting oak booma. Farington Hall in Penwor-
tbom ciiited before the ytai 1500; and much of the Township of Farington de-
scended in the male line from the time of Edward III. to tbo late Ur. ITiLringtoa of
Worden.

' Euiton Hall was built about the time of Ilenij VIIL bj James Auderton Esq.
and rebuilt b; William Audraton Esq. in tlio jcar 1739, uul is now in thi' poiwMsion
of Us graodiou, WiUiam Inee Aodcrl<in Eaq. It appears from tba Menuriat
Palilicui of August 16th 1650, that Charka II. Tiaitod this liouso on the lUh of
Angiut, olthuugh Sir ITngh Aodnion, the owner, "a bloodj Papist," was then a
prisoner at Laniastcr ; and if the report of hia proceedings at the aicge of BoUod bo
oirrecl, the Kepublioui epithet was veil beatowed, and his impristnuninit B0( on-
merited.

* ClujUia ilall is a large mansion of the age of Queim Eliaalielh. A moielj of the

382 jloffHa Ccatrfenftfs.

18th of February 1718, proved at Chester in 1719, gave £200 for
the Master, and ;650 for the Ualicr; and Margaret, his widow,
by Will dated the loth of November 1728, gave £60 for the
Usher. The] Int.[erest] of 20' [was] giveii lately for an Usher
by John Biiry of Lealaud.

An.[no] 22, Jac. 1, [An] Inquia,[ition was held] ab' money

given to this School. MS. Hulm. 78, a. 16.

CHit^nelT Here is a School lately erected, and said to be endowed by S'

£0)001. Char, [les] Houghton deceased ; but how endowed y" Vicar cannot

yet Icam. An.[no] 1718. [Endowed by Deed dated the 30th of

June 1709, with £400.]

[A] Master [was] Licensed an. [no] 1714. V.[ide] Saba.\cr^
lion] B.laok?^

Manor of Clajton wob giyonbj Kinhard BubbcI, Btcond Baron of Penwortluni, in the
■naga of William Rufiu, with a Biatcr, io msiTLage to Hobert de Uii-lding of Hickling
in tbo connlj of Notts. Xhoir son Bobert, on inhoriling Iu3 mother's Eatate,
assumed the uame of Cta^on ; nnd bis descendants oold their share of tho Uanor to
tho Andcrtnns of Eiuton. On tbe death of Hugh AjidcrtoD in tho jear 1552, Clajton
passed to his son, James Anderton £sq. whose deweadants, Christopher and William,
ahoat the year 1672, sold it to Carjl, third Viscount Molyncax, irom trbose family
it passed to the present owner, tliu Lord Skelmersdale. The seeond Baron of Pen-
wortbam gnvo tbo other moiety of tho Manor of Clayton to Kichurd f^tton, whioh
WM conveyed by mnrrisge to Sir Henry de Leo, and by Sibil, sister and beiresa of
Heniy dc Lee, it passed to Sir Richard Hogliton Knt. in whose representaliie it
still remains.

* Caerden was held by Robert Banastro, Baron of Heirton and Lord of Walton,
in the hitter put of the reign of Ueury Tl[. and passed with Elizabeth, daughter
and coheiress of Christopher Banastre of Bank Esq. to Captain Robert Parter of
Eitwislf^ who died in the year 1718, and is now the reeidenn; of hia descendant,
Bobert Townlej Parker Esq.

' Orook Hall is detcribod by Dr. Kuerdca as " a fayr fabriok of stonu called the
TSeo Croke, erected by Richard Chiytoa D.D. and Master of St. John's College^
Cambridge, who porchased the Estate in Whittle called the New and Old Croke,
where tho family of Claytons were planted for some gencrntlous," It passed with s
female, to the Lc^coitcrs of Toft in Cheshire. Old Crook was sold by Captain Robert
Clayton of Folwood to Mr. William Croke in the scTCntcmth century.

' Hoghton was held in the time of Henry II. by Adam de Hoctou, son of Richard
Fiti Hamo, and grandson of Hamo Pincerna, who married the daughter of Warin
Bussel, Baron of Penworlham, shortly oftcr Ihe Conquest, the direct ancestors of tho
present owner. Sir Uenry Ituld Hogbton Uarl.

Oeanrtp of lesIanB. 383

gSg evt are six Alms-houses, built aii.[iio] 1661 by WiU.[iaiD] 9Tni]<'()0u<rt.
^^M F.iriiigton,^ and by liim endowed w"" 6' p-[er3 an.[num]
tow.[ards] y" maintenance of, as also [for] fiiell, and ev.[eiy]
third year new Gowns [to be] given to y' Poor.

[The Rev. Thomas Armetriding in 1718 gave £100, and his
widow afterwards gave £60 to these Alms-houses.]

An.[no] 1665, [left] by Mr. John Oabaldeston [of Strand on ffftjiritirt.
the Green in the Parish of Chiswick,] 500", to be laid out in Lands,
w'l' is done accordr for y* Poor of Whittle in le Woods ; 8' p. [er]
an.[nuni] out of y" Tyths of Whittle, by Pet.[er] Burscoagh an.
[no] 1623, (to y" Poor of Cuerden;) 5=-6"-8'i p.[cr] an.[num] out
of y" Tyths of Cuerden, by y" a^ Mr. Burscough.

By Mary Langton, part of lOQi, an.[no] 1635. V.[ide]
Standish.

The Tower wa» built bj Sir Thomaa Hoghton, in tho reign of Qaecn Eliiabeth,
who remoTcd the aDcient Monor-houBc, formerlj placed below tbe hill, near the irfttei
side, to its present elevated Bite. Tho tower or gatc-houBe, which wm very high, wm
Bccidcntnllj blown up with gunpowder in the jear 1642, after which timo the funilj
chieflj rwided at Walton Hall, on the banks of the Darwcn near its confluence wiUi
the Kibble, until that honae was taken down. Thii atatvlj baronial roaidmm, with a
domestic Chnpcl on the Iforth siile of the inner court, is now a ruin. Some of the
ancient furniture and pictures jot remain. King James I. Tiailiii 9ir Eichard
Hoghton st this house in tho jeai 1617, and apent three dajs hero in the midst of
aplendid fcstiTitics, and surrounded hj the magniUcent scenery of tho ouce Bojal
Manor of Ley land:

"How chong'd, ainco these far times, tho socno!"

» William Farington of Wonlen Esq. was probablj the founder, who was n Uqor
of Foot, under Junes, Earl of Derbj, and a loalons sapporter of the Countess of
Derbj in her defence of Lathom against the rebels in the year 1644. Ho waa bom
on the 20th of September 1013, and liTing in the jeor 1664. — Dugdale'a VuUation.
Tho data of the foundation was unknown to the Charitjr Commissioners in the year
1835, who state that there is "Will. Farington, Worden, 1607," upon the Alma-
house, but that no records exist. This date had probably existed upoo a former
building, but is erroneously giTcn by Baines as tho precise date of the foundation,
(roL iii. p. 419,) which is, however, correctly preserved in the text.

jlotitta (!rt0tTicnBitt.

J

^iaiXi!r©N,' Certif.[ied] y<- nothing
9§JS ^longs to it. This Chap' has been
ruinated about 20 years, since w"*" [time] no Service hath been
performed in it. Certif,[ied] an.[no] 1717.

Euxton and Hcapy are said to be two old Chap" without
Curates. Brief Obsen).[aHons,~] aii.[no] 1704, v.[ide] MS.

Divine Service [was] performed here ab* 1705. V.[ide] Ptgi.
Reg.

'Tis now repaired, but no Seats or Pulpit yet in it, Cerlif.\ied]
by [Me] Vic.^ar,] an.[no] 1724.

' Patron Siint Dntnowo. Value in 1S34, £125. RcgistcrB brgin in 1774. No
MarTLagi>s.

The Manor of Euitoa poasod thmogh the BuBsels and ITollanda, nnd vtea con-
Tejed in marriago bj Joan, dnughtcr and cohuircsa of Sir RobiTt IloUnnil and of his
iinfe Morgerj, daughter of Sir Alan ITcton, to Sir Williiun MoItdpui, vbo died at
Canterbucj on his return from Franco in the j'car 1373, and rcmninod lu hia iiumlj
until it was sold bj the Tiscount Moljncux to Jamc« Longworth of Lircrpool Esq.

Kuerdsn wjg, "Euiton is two statuto miles from its Parish Cbiiruh of Lryluid,
and hath a fayro Chappol bnilt bj Sir W. Molincui of Sephton, Lord of the Manor
of Euiton." On a itone in the South wall of tho Chapel is the dato 1513, This wa«
probably the Sir WiUiani Molynoui who distingnisbed himaolf at Floddoo Fiold.

In the 15th Hcniy VIll. James AndortoD of Enifon Esq. foundrd a Chantry in
the Chapel of Euiton, for a Print to pray for tLo souls of himself and Apics his
wife. In tLo jcor 1660 the Chapel vras said to be two and a half miles from Lcoland
Church. The Tilhcs, estimatc'd at £55 per annum, were ckimed by Mr. Jninoa
Anderton of Clayton as his inheritancei but were then sequestered for the oso of
the Btato owing to his dclinquoney . The sinnll Tithes wore worth £2. Se. per annntu,
and belonged to the Tiear of Loylond. Mr. Seth Busbell was the Ineumbent, "a
godly pious Minister, and eonformablo to the present GoTcmmcnt, and eumo into the
said place by an Order from the Committee of Plundered Ministers, and hath for his
Snkry £40 per annum."— Farl. Inq. Lamb. lAbr.

" IG87. Mr. Walmslcy of Lcland came to visit me, and ho dcUv^ mo a Petition for
y' restoring of Euiton Chapel to tho Inhab", t!io key whereof was in the hands of

Molinnu, who aliedges that it is his and not theirs, that it has no maintenaneo,

or 20 years last past." — Bishop Cortwright's Diaty,

nor any prayers said u
p. 28.

Baincs states that the Chapel v
bo 1724. It was ngain rebuilt i
Society for Building Churches in 1

I rebuilt about a.d. 1710 ; but the year would
the year 1810, enlarged by tho Incorporated
!9i and n Chancel has since been added. The

i

Urancnj of IcglanD. 386

2001 i^is] left by Mr. Arraetriding,'' late Vicar, after y' death of
Ilia wife, for Augment, [ing] this Chap, [el,] tog. [ether] w"* y
Queen's Bounty, who is now living, an. [no] 1724. [She died in
1730.]

Sftien to y* Poor by Rich.[ardJ Hodaon, yeo,[man,] 40", an. cljarUirtf.
[no] 1700, vi'^ is since laid out in Lauds in Lealand.
[Richard Hoghton of Eiiston gave, in 1686, by Deed, £1. IDs. a
year, to be laid out in Cloth for the Poor,]

Font sppenra to be antient, nnd in the Nonnnn sljlc. Tlio foinimnt ol a stone Cross,
of Bome antiquitj, formertj in the Clinpcl, lies ui^lccted outside the gnto of the
Cluipel-jard, and a need by the Bomnn Catbolim at their AuieraU a» a station.

The represCDtatiTca of the Ber. J. AnDetriiling present to the Living.

In the jaa 1TS5 certain Proposals frero eubmittod to Bishop Onstrelt b; the Bev.
W. Snilell, Yicai of Lcjhtnd, roUting to " the future management of the ChapvU of
Euxton and Heap;." He proposed that the Curates should be nominated according
to the words of the htst Will of the Ber. Thonuis Armetriding, after the Queen's
Bounty vu obtained ; and should, with all conTcnienoe, go into Priest's orders, and
should assist the Yiesr in visiting the sick and Christening in those Quarters wherein
tbcir Chapels are situated, immediatelj giving notice of the namos of those tbey
Christen, to be inserted in the Parish Register, and bithfullj remitting all Fees thej
should receive (or Cburobings, to the Vicar. That Divine Service taaj be used until
Mr. Armetriding's vetj cbarilable benelaction takes eOert, if raonejs can bo raised
toirards giving the Preaolior u Crown crcr; time ha officiates ; and when the Chapels
are endowed there shall be Preaching ever; Lord's Ds; in the momiog, and only
Prayers in the afternoon. When the Holjr Sscramont is to be administered at the
Parish Cbureh the Curates shall repair thither to assist the Vicar in the Prayers,
Preaching, and delivering tbe Wine, if he shall reqnire it : and if the Vicar and bis
thiratc should bo sick, or should tbe Ticar keep no Curate, the Curates of the Cha-
pels shall, altematcty, perform Divine Service at tbe Parish Chureb. The Curate
of Heapy to be cDnstantly resident, and on the spot, somewhere witbin that Cha-
pvlry ; tbe Holy Sacrament to bo administered twice a year in each Chnpel ; and all
tlio oblations to be added to the Poor's Money in the Bonk, by the four Church-
wardens. Bishop Qustrell does not appear to have quite approved of this "man-
agement" of Mr. SudeU. — Goatrcll's MBS. in (fe Beffitlry, CAnter.

Tlie Vicar of Lejland is the Patron.

- Tbe Bev. Tbonios Armetriding woa instituted to the Vicarage of Loyland on the
presentation of Edward Fleetwood Ksq. In the year 1689, and died there in 1719.

VOL. II.]

^4, fUtltM rmtrifMto.

SHyVr* Ccrtif.[ied] OT - €» *X^
liil.|rn!Nt| of money left br
^.//-//o .// <3' M»'l» |»*»l| H«iiiHlmli,« 00>, charged
y .>.. h,^ft*'i ; H» M |iv I IhiMKlitoii, r>()»; R. Croston,

) f//^/ir ^M Ml#«| rrntit lH*iiiiitMi. and from any otho' CI.

i'.,|.,/«^''M*/ |IIm| V|i» |nr| nf liriilftiicl, orhisCuratc.

/■ ./ , f irf '4i«|i«r"-i< V.1I11M ill IHJU. em. K4«gif ton entered a LejkuL

ft ,t rf II !;>,, h, Hm aqitt liittiiiril I. (I2im,) nold Uio Mmiot of Hcp^ M
ft ^. , t it.iti.i, »i„\ LiIIhi mI Mii'lirtril do Ntniulinh, wbofc eldert
. . , ,, ii , , >.l iii,«i,>l)"li, MM"I i%liii«t» tiMiiwr •on, Jaim**, WM the

t h « "V H<- hl.,h'i» •!• ntli'il hi Nir Kmitk Nlamliiih Bart, at whoee death m

n ^ ft f«-H ^^o I'.^uii- 'liki'Uiil iiti liU ixMiaiit, Krnnk Hall Esq. at whose deat^ IB
^.n ji |y. . "I fi< Iri. l>iii-iHitM. V^ illUiM Mlrtixluli Ntmulwh of DuxbniyEaq. theprp-

,j ..,, t fiiiMil« M kIhIim MimI llip'M liHil nit niti'ionl IVirk belonging to it.

h It ^'nt Mp*iM Mm t Ihi|ii I HitH iihiMti'il it« iNuitfrtWc inikHi from Lejhuid Chnrchp
Nti'l hi f'> <" iMM'lf I'MfMlihil III .liiliii lliiMltrv wiu tho imwehing Minister, ''and
'•inn lift i iIihI iiImii Ii^ I hi* H'-*i*'»'*' ft<iiiiiiiil nf llio wfiolo l^pGhy.'* Ho roec i fed
4- Hi |,' f utfuuni, itlliiMi.l l«t Mil. Millie i'lti* Titlio ('orii of tho Township waa rained
"t HI M /fif, itiitl »•••■• • tiiitiiiil li> lltilmtil Hfiitiiliiih of Hiixbury £aq. — PorL Imq.
t niif' I il't »'•) II

nt, Mm I^'I ifl .iMttiiMti llMiV, lliiffti Aitiiffntliiig of Whitllo lo Wood, jooman, and
'Hmi».Imm l<tti*«i«'l "i i'ImH*'!*! (•■•iimhii, titi\i« llioii' IhiiiiI to John lUacklodge^ Henij
Mii*> iMMff, mimI I liHiMHM l^liiMiii III lli>>i)iii>, >t>iiiiii«u, niitl tloliu Pcfurton, yeoman, for
MWi, hi Ml Mil' Dili iiih'ti'Ni III IikII (IihI ■mil "lor i»ml hmnnU the maintenaaee of a
)fiMM)itf«ii Mliiinhi til llii> |iiiriH>|iiHll riiH|it>l of lltyi|M«v within the Pariah of Lejland,
MrillMtiil liiliiiiiii III rtiitlifi ilii)ii>." /..•«•■. MSS, vol. xxvii. p. S.

'Hill <>lin|ii>l MHN uriu'lml iiliuitl iImi niiit of iho novoiiltvuth ivntoiy, bj volimtaiy
iM'hlrlliiiliiiiiMi ihliirHo*!, Ii,v 11 lliiof, in tho ,\imr 17 UK nt iin ox^Hmse of £1064; and
iiKniii iMiliifHi'd III llio V****' 1^**^ 1^- HmiiiiVm I/m/. i>^ l.am\ vol. iii. p. 456.

*Nlr HiKliiti'il NiNiiihali, ciHuitiMl it lUrtuiol on tlio 8th of Kebniaiy 1676-7. He
iimrriiul Miirfinn*!. lUiiKlitt^r of 'rhoinim llolorvkH of HoK^n^ft K»q. siie died in 1786^
"'I rin'. tiii<« ImmlrtMl >(Mirii. Tho lliinMu^lcji Invnuu'' oxtinot in 1813.

mratict't* of Ic^lanS.

^^ixira®»i!riMaiM,' about looi ja,

lAJB pL'3''] an. [num.] Patron, Mr. Fleet-
wood. Here was formerly a Monastery, to W^ this Church waa syu
given by y^ Founder. V,[idc] Mon.[a8ticon,] supra.
4 Wardens, [and] 4 Assist, [ants.]

F»in. ...... SH

Pap. F

DUii. „..
ninPsm.

' DodioKed to Si. Msiy. Value in 1834, £106. RtgUtow begin in 1696. n^FmSlu P

Fenirortliam, the Penererdant of I>oBietdag, was hpld bj Sdward tlio ConfcsBor,
who had bero a Cutlu, supposed to have been built to gunrd tbc oaluar; of the Ribblo
vhRQ liibcbeslcr formed a Komaa stutioa. William the Conqueror gave tbc Muior
to Roger do Busli, who probably made the Castlo his barooial reHidenee. The fourth
in descunt from Boger was Hugh de Busael, who, in the 6th Richard 1, paid fort;
marka for his relief) and boing inioWed in litigation with John, Earl of Morion,
afterwards King John, respecting the title of his inheritance, bad the misfortune to
lose ttw Baron/ of PeoworiJiam, whieb, in the jear 1205, (7th John,) was sold t^i
Soger de Lucy, for three hundred and ten marks of silrer. From the Earls of C
and Lincoln, the Baron; passed by mairisge to Thomas, Earl of Xjane
became morgod in the Duchy of Lancaster. The Castle has disnpp«ired, but the site
on the North side of the Cboroh, is preserved in the name of " Castle Ilill," and by a
fosse of forty yards square, which had oncloaed Ihu great Keep.

The Manor was giron to the Abbey of Ereshani in Worcestcrsliire, by Warin, the
son of Boger de Buaael, and, on the Dissolution of the Monasteries, waa couTeycd
by the Crown to John Fleetwood Esq. whose desnmdant, Kathoiine, daughter of
Eichard Fleetwood of Penwortham, married, in the swrenteonth century, William
FaringtoQ Esq. of Worden, and conveyed this Manor to Lis bmily, which descended
to the late James Nowell OrnriDgton of Worden Hall Esq.

Soon after the Norman Comjueet, a Cell, dedicnted to the Tirgb Mary, was erected
here by the Monlis of ETesliam, under the protection of the Bnssels ; and the Churuli
of Penwortham was given to the Parent Abbey, no Vicarage being ordainoil, as the
Parish Church was supplied by the Monks bom the Priory. — Sun Ghistrell's Solilia
CeHrimKt, ToL i. p. 90.

After the Dissolution, this Cell, and its Chapel, within a Mont, and the Tithes anil
Lands belonging to it and to Leyhtnd, were sold by Queen Eliiabeth to John Fleet-
wood of Little Flumpton Esq. for £3,088 ; and the Monastery was converted into n
dwelling-house by the purchaser.^ JKS. pen. Jfof. JoAn Piceope.

The Churob of Penwortham oiisted shortly after the Norman Conijueet, having
boen given in the reign of William Rnftis to the Abbey of Evesham, but it is not
named in Domftdag. In the year 1291 it waa valued at £20. The ediilce is a
gloomy stmctnro consisting of on embattled Tower, Nave, South Aisk, and Chancel,
chiefly of late Perpendicular work.

Lieut. Colonel Bawslomc is tbc Patron.

388

04$titUL etnttWMif^.

HbXH. [Penwortham Hall,^ and Priory .3]

^c^al. [An] Inquis. [ition was] taken an. [no] 22d Jac. 1. about mis-
employed money given tow.[ards] a Gram, [mar] School here.
MS. Hulm. 98, a. 16, 38.

Cj^oritif*

Aim to this Parish for y« use of y« Poor 125^ by Rob. [art]
Wearden, Cook, an. [no] 1649, w«^ is settled in Trust on
four Feoflfees.

Augm*

©NffiffdW Certif.[ied] 14i.00«.00d;
how this arose I can't tell, it having
been Certified since y* no other provision belonged to j* Min.

In tho year 1660 Penwortham was styled a Parish, and the Tithes, being paid in
kind, were Talued at £174, which "Mr. John Fleetwood of Penwortham Esq." claimed
as his inheritance. His demesne lands had paid no Tithes in the memory of man ; but
if tithable they would produce £3 a year. Mr. William Seddon was the preaching
Minister, and had been "put in by the said Mr. Fleetwood, together with the consent
of the rest of tho Parish of Penwortham, and his Stipend-Wages is £60 a year,
which he receives from Mr. Fleetwood." — Pari, Inq. Lamb, lAbr, vol. iL

' Penwortham Hall has been taken down, and a handsome Elizabethan house waa
erected on its site, by Laurence Bawstome Esq. in the year 1832. It is beautiiully
situated near the Church, and commands a fine view of the majestic Kibble.

' The Priory was sold in tho last century, by Mr. Fleetwood, to John Aspinall of
Standcn HaU near Clitheroe Esq. who resold it to John Barton Esq. ; by whom the
Advowsons of Penwortham and Longton, and other property, were conveyed by sale,
about the year 1783, to Laurence Bawstome of Hutton Grange Esq. on whose death
in 1803, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Lieut. Colonel Laurence Bawstome of
Penwortham HaU.

' Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £148. Begisters begin in 1813.

The Manor of Longton was granted by Boger do Lacy to Bobert, brother of Hugh
de Bussel, and in the 46th Edward III. Sir William de Loo held one fourth of the

Manor, from whom it passed to Fleming of Loyland, descended from Fleming,

Baron of Wath ; and in the 9th Henry lY. Sir Thomas Fleming gave to Henry, son
of Balph de Bretherton, his whole Lordship of Longton. In the 6th Edward lY.
Hugh de Bretherton confirmed to William Fleming the fourth part of the Manor.
Of this family was Elizabeth, coheiress of her brother, John Fleming, who married
Thurstan Hall, in the reign of Henry VIII. The Manor, however, appears to have
been factitious, and no Manorial privileges are now exercised. "The five Lords of

©ranere of IrfilaitO. 8^

[ister] but [the] Iut.[cre9t] of 50" given by W, Loxam, and Bome
small Contrib. [utions] w'*' Lave been withdrawn since y* 5 Lords
of y Manour gave Lands to y= value of 250' for y" Augment,
[ation] of y« Chap.[elj] w'*" was accepted by [the] trOT,[emors]
of [the] Q'" Bounty, an. [no] 1719.

Iho Uuior," were i^ireMnted in the year 1883, bf Bobert Mou Biq. the reputed
LonL
The Chftpel waa in exiateneo in tbe year 1517; and Williun Walton, Priest, by

Wi]l dated January 7th 1527 -8, after dirocling his body to be buried b the Churoh
of Croaton, " under the Bode eeller afore tbe chaunccll," says, " AIbo, I gyre and be-
quetho to the chapell of Loogetoo, a Masao boko, a chalyco and all otbor omamentB
beloBgyDg and p'tenyng to the celebrOn of masso. Also, I g^e in in; life, and be-
quethe in this my last will, to Bobert QaryugCon, aone of Bich' fFiu'iDgton, y' obauntrc
which I of bto hauo puichswid, founded, and putt in feoflame't to ccrtnn feaffes, as
doith oppero w' a dcclaracOo of my will, mjndc, and toelamit, quadripertite, there-
unto annexed for the cont^uanee, p'servooOn, and fulBllyngo of the aome, which
feolTameDt and declarncon of my sayd will and testamet ia dated the xx"" da; of May,
the ii''' ycro of the Begne off Ryng Henre the Ti^'**, and alao aealed n' my scale and
the ordynaryea auale, the xiviij"* day of the monctb of May, in tho yure of our lord
god a thouinnd v bundredtb and xrij"', and tho ii''' yore of the regne of Kyng henre
the Tiij'!*. Tho which chauctrie ia founded for the chapcllo of longetou, w' all meei.
tenomonta, burgages, landii, and other th' app'tcn'nco y'unto belongyng, io fulfillyng
and p'fortnyng m; will under auch condiciniB, oOTOnanntca, and aiticloa named, apeoi-
lled, and declared in my raid feolfalnent and in my will and testament, quudrip'tito,
Jf'opon doeUred, doted aa aforesaid, p'o'ided alwayes that whylcs the aaid Bob't doith
want lafull age to be p'at, (that ia to wete yj years,) then I will y' S'' John Walton
occupye and solEmpiiizc dyriue s''vice at tbe forsaid uhapell of longeton. Butt I will
that be receyro bia wages yerely duryug tho aaid vj yeres, of, and by the hnudB oil'
Bich'i furyngtoD aforcaaid. And further, 1 will ;' John Walton, p'at, in his tyroe,
and aLio Bob't ftLryngton, in his tyme, and all other preostf, in theyr tyme, auocoa-
liTely, for ei', abal dispose, ordur, and use theymsclf accordyngc to my aaid will,
mynd, and testament, made and declared opon the aayd feoflbio't afor' dated. Also,
I will, gire, and boqueth that, aft' the tymo of Sir John Walton, and also aft' the
tyme of tho aaid Bobert faryngton, the said chauutre, w'** all and aingler tb' app'ten'nco
yHo bolongynge, ahali Haniayno Uollo for er'mor', and bo Deputed, ordyned, asaigned,
geven, and p'eaontyd by tho patrons and Donatora, in theyc tumea, accordynge to the
Deelaracon off my fnofiamont and will, to ono of mj blade and Kynne, and of my
name, (if ther bo any,) ev' so dcacendyng lyually, &o* tyme to lyme, trom no, pro-
tided alwayea that nether my aaid fooffament and will thereopon made and declared,
dated aforesaid ; nor also tbe p'aCe ao p'acnted, for the tyme beyog, ahaU in any tyme
thereaft' be p'iudiciall, burlfidt, or nyuus lo the ehurch of peawo'tb'm, oe in mynissh-
eyng, dulayng, w'diawyng, or dcfraudyng hay Bighto, nutomea, oi oaoa, heretofore

390

fi^otiUa et%txitmi$^

2>r^oal.

ere is a Free School Founded 6 Edw.[ard] 6, by Chris.

[topher] Walton,^ yeoman, who endowed it with 4 marks
and 4A p.[er] an.[numj arising out of Lands in Preston, &c.
enfeoffed in 12 trustees, Inhab.[itants] of y« Parish, who have see
advanced y« value of y« Lands y* there are 2 Masters, tho y« main-
tenance of y« one depends very much on y® Contrib. [utions] of y«
People. V.[ide] Nom.[ination,] an. [no] 170L Pap. Reg,

■%•% £. u. (I.
ilX. 45.16.08
Pr.A. 0.13. 4
Syn... 0. 2.
Tri. ... 0.12. 8

Faiu 466

Pap 328

Diaa. M. Q.

[about 20.]

8raUK13lS1B>* above 300* P-[er] an. [num.] Standish
CUM Langtree. The Advowson has been long in the
Family of Standish, a Papist ; but the pres* Ralph
Standish having been convicted of being in y® Rebel-
lion an. [no] 1715, the Estate and Advowson w^^ it, were sold by

accustomed and used to the said church. And forthor, I will that iiij scedulce be
made quadrip'tite, indented, and sealed w^ my scale and with the o'y', my feoffament
and will annexed, according to the true purport and meani'go of this my p'sont last
will, and in full accomplishemeut of the same. Also, I will y^ ev'y p'st, for the tyme
being, for cv'more, shall make sufficient rcparacons and bydgyngcs of bowses, mess,
burgages, tenomentcs, w* other th' appurtenance of his tenandes, (as ofte' as shalbe
necessary and nodefiil,) opon his owen p'pur costs and charges." — Lane. M88.

In tho year 1G50 the Chapelry was considered fit to be made Parochial, although
there was neither Incumbent nor Chapel endowment. The Tithes were yalued at £80
per annum, and were claimed by Mr. Fleetwood of Penwortham. It was rebuilt, of
brick, in the year 1770 ; and a burial ground was consecrated in 1816.

Mr. Bawstome is the Patron.

- By Indenture dated the 22d of September, in the 6th Edward VI. Christopher
Walton devised all his lauds and tenements in Kirkham, Kellamergh, and Preston, in
the county of Lancaster, the rents being four marks and two pence, to Trustees, to
proyido one able person learned in the science of Grammar, to teach children in
the "Absay, Catechism, Primer, Accidence, perveley," without taking school-hire,
in Penwortham. In the year 1606 John Walton, son and heir of Christopher, garo
additional lands in Longton and Ilutton, for the same purpose. The School is
situate in Hutton in this Parish. In the year 1823 the rents amounted to upwards
of £675 a year, but have since increased in value.

» Dedicated to St. Wilfred. Value in 1834, £1,874. Hegisters begin in 1558.
Richard do Busscl, Baron of Penwortham, gave the Townships of Standish cum

Dfaiur^ of l-r^lflnTr.

S9I

J* Crowa to one Edw.[Rrd] Biscoe; but 'tia supposed to be in
Trust, for Staadish, and y* Kigbt of Presentation is now in Dis-
pute, an.[iio] 1722.

Edw.[ard] Standisb Esq. presented an.[no] 1558, Inat.[itu-
lionl B.[ook,'\ 1, p. 51.

2 Wardens, and 9 Sidesmen.

The Eleven Townships [Standisb with Langtree, Shevington, Cafontf, II.
Worthington, Adlington, Andcrton, Coppvdl, Wcleb Whittle,
Duxbiiry, Chamock Richard, and Heath Chamock,] choose every
one a Sidesman, out of w^** the Rectoor chooses one Cliureh-
warden, and y« whole Parish chooses y" other.

lADgtne ill niuTutgn with bia siattT, lo Richard Spilomnn ; nni! i
ITcnry III. according to tha Teala de IfrntF, theea Intida had become Tested in
Tharstui Bannptrp, probnbly tmdi>r the miporior Lord. In the 16th Edward I. tho
Uasor of Standieli waa held bj Jordao de Standish of the Earl Ferren, and hia
doecondant, John (called Ralph, bj Bainos,) Standish of Standish, in the jear 1381,
(5th Rivhard II.) aMiated Sir William Walworth in diapcning Wat 'rylor'a Mob, when
the Duke of Lancaster'* Palace in the Saroj waa attacked, and i» called bj Froiisart,
" a Sqnjer of the Kynge's," ''ho obtained the honour of Knighthood. The Manor
contiDUcd in the direct male lino until the death of Balph Standiih Etq. abont the
jcar 1752, when it <ia» otmvejed by hia solo daughter, Cecilia Standiih, to her hoi-
bond, William Townole; of Townole; Eaq. The devotion of Mr. Standiih to the
House of Stuart, induced him to lake an actiTe part in tho BeboUion of 1715, and led
to the forfeiture of the Standisb £gtat«8 ; bnt tbey appear to haTC been pnrehaBCd for
the iamilj, and wero afterwords enjoyed bj Charles Towncley Esq. F.S.A. memorable
for his splendid coUectioa of Marbles, now in the British Museum. On his death in
the jear 1805, the Estates passed to his brother, Edward Tuwneley Standisb ; but bo
dying B.p. in 1B07, tho Standisb proportj, by family settlement, became Tested in hia
nephew, Tbomoa Strickland of Siiergh in Westmoreland Esq. who assumed, by sign
manual, the surname of Stsndish, and was sncceeded in IS13 in the Standisb Estates
by his eldest son, Charles Standisb Esq. now tho Mancrial owner of Siandiah cum
Langtree, and Patron of the LiTing.

Tho Church was valued at £13. Gs. 8d. m the year 1291 ; and in the 36th Edward
III. was found to be endowed with the Chapel of Andorton, (which h
exist,) and with lands there. On the 8th kal. Jan. 1301, Henry de Waloyi, Fres'
byter, was instituted, in London, (o the Cliurch of Standisb, on the prtBDctation of
William do Standisb. — Lib. 1/3 fol. 9, a. Rtff. La*gton in Car. lAcif. The Adiow-
son has been in the Slandiah family from a rery early period, and was probably thi^
gill of the Ferrers', Earls of Derby. Thoy have seldom prescDtcd to the Li«irR
sinoe the Beformalion.

?)92 Rttttta

IMIU. [Adliugton,* DiULbunr,' and Standinh.^]

j^t^ol. |SA^ rrr is a Fre^ School, endowed br Mur Langton, Widov.
Je3>a an/no] 1025, [by Will dated I'sth Feb. 1608,] w^ 9ff,

w^\ by an order of y* Dutehy Court, [in 1620,] wvs to lie bad otf
in Laiid vonb IS^ P-LC'J'j an.[niim:] and it ins laid out iqnBi
cnpit^ uicssuagr and tenem^ called Traighton [TroogiitaBj HaD.

Tilt sjk-nvS Mrutnurc ri>>xuutits of • Tower, Xare, Aidei, and C&bhib^ miA, tvB
("liMiin i^^hiipi'lfv. djufttiKod is iW rnr IMS: tbit on tbr Korck aidr l—aii Miu f »
i)>c INiir^MiKs. All.) f >un»)c>i bx ihnn. Thr Oiixrrh vi» ntmili ia t3b» Jphv liS4» I;
Ri.h*r.^. Mtxiii*. % .va.icno^i FrAurifirUi Monk, md tbr fina
«a* infill uu\i I.* ih( Iji;!ic iT. IMiS. and dira ben- in 15i9B.

Hk' i*^iur. h i> rK*h lu brawft- ftnd iDciLiimmu of iht

1 :.. l**:>. •;•**>'- !k«wj«. i»u.; Ou-rv w<w v.ini. £a' fc tpbt ;

,\,. iTf. ,i*« »4^.t.i...iAV ik')><; K.. 1!!:**:'. SCr- .OK. 'T.-Vfci. in? tilC MAC

/:»v.-.s»s, its \\.>. ,-\.<^ lo?.'. * l>»y :«l: r.*L 1\X :*ryMsrrf iw aK Fa« Xlif
\A,T. ,\; ^^„.\ *.:.. >.»x...i .**!,' T>,v..,A ziuTn^.c jui 5i.«: pi;hi2sL xj« Art of

.,.;■...,.. ^x jv*.,, r.iT.,''. V" '.JkiS.M: '».»*.•':•. : ii: ▼ ^.^l; rr-itt* nf ijif ?

I ^ t*^ A ^,«*.. \';s Ik I, , •ISO ,1 '.*i: ilu.-*. -~i -ZlII unL X r^BBenr Xj

... i*.,\:„ X. :\^.,i V-.,: v*.ki*is i*-,v> r^-TBB -s*: Tvr&a ^Inrca. — .Fi

Ocanrrs of lesUnB. 393

in Fumes, [being ab' 20 acrea;] but for sev.[cral] years past, that
Estate has not been set for above lli-lO" p.[er] an.[nuni,] (and
the Trustees haiing, in 1707, become possessed of it, in conse-
quence, have received the rents ever aince,) bnt y" Timber sold off
it has yielded 40^, [the] Int.[erest] of w'' is paid to y* Master;
besides w'^ he has a small parcel! of ground called School Croft,
left to him, upon y* Euclosure of y* Common in Standish,

Mr. [William] Leigh, Ilect.[or] of Standish, (in 1633,) left 12'
p.[er] an. [num] for an Usher in this School, charged upon Lands
in and about Goosenargh, and vested in 12 feoffees.

f^ ittn to y Poor of this Parish by W.[illiara] Lathom 100'; C^aUtiti.
Shi by J.[obn] Johnson, {in 1697,) 7' p.[er] an.[nnm,] out of
Lands in Standish, w'^'' is yearly laid out in Linnen Cloth, accords
to his Will; Mr. [\Villiam] Haydock, late Rect.[or,] left 120' to
y" sev.[eral] towns, [hipa,] being sev.[cral] Lcgacyes, Forfeitures,
and Sacr.[ament] Money, of w'^'' Standish aud Langtree had 21';
now improved to 26'. Left to Standish and Lanotkf.e, by
Mra. Eliz.[abeth] Lathom, in (1703,) 30'; [by] Mrs, [Elizabeth]
Cooper, ab' 8' p.[er] an. [num.] out of a tencm* in Chorley, {in
1688.) To Standish, Lanotkee, and Shevington, left by Tho»

Bolil to Thomas CU^on Eaq. wbo died in the jeHr 1722, aged ninetj-two. Ills
gmt-gTBndsoa, Bicliard Clayton, vns created a Baronet in the year 1774, (not in
1741, as staled b; Clregsoa, p. 250,) having succeeded to the Eatatcs of his imolii,
Biohard Clayton Esq. K.C. Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, iu Icel&ad.
Sir Richard wa« Heoordor of Wigan ; and dying British Consul at Nnntcs, in the yenr
18S8, left by his wife, Ann, daughter of Ctiarlca White Esq. F.B.S. of Manchester, aa
only daughter and heiress, Hcoriotto, who marriod in 1603, Qcnertl Robert Browne,
who, iu 1829 assumed the Bumamo of Clayton, and had issue an only son, Biehard
Clayton Browne Clayton Esq. of Adlinglon Park. The Honse is of brick, and was
rebuilt by Sir Richard Clayton about the year 1779.

' Duibury, Ihe Manorial property of Hugh Standish in tho 34th Edward I. con-
tinnod in tho male lino until the death of Sir Frank Staudieh, the third Baronet, in
the year 1812, when tho Baronetcy became citinct, and Iho Duibury Estates devolved
on bis cousin, Frank Uall Esq. only son of Anthony Hall Esq. and grandson of
Anthony Hall, by his wife Margaret, daughlet of Sir Thomas Standish, tho second
Baronet. Mr. Frank Hall assumed the surname of Standish, and dying a.p. in the
year 1S41, was succeeded by his kinsman, William Standish Standish Esq. grandson
VOL. II. J 3 c

394 jBtotitia Ctnttimfiisk.

Burchell, (in 1712,) lOQi, the Int.[ere8t] to be laid out in White
Bread ev.[ery] Sunday. To Shevington, by Mrs. Jane Holty
601; Mr. Holt, 25^; Mr. Finch, Itf; out of Mr. Heydock's
money, 15^; by Mrs. Cooper, out of y« tenem* in Chorley, 8»-6^
p.[er] an. [num.] [To] Welsh Whittle, by Th.[ur8tan] Hes-
kin, 20» p.[er] an.[num,] to be Distributed at y« Discretion of his
Brother [Nicholas,] and his heirs, in 1704.

[To] Charnock Richard, by Mrs. [Elizabeth] Lathom, (in
1703,) 301; Jam.[es] Charnock, (in 1703,) 4i.l0» p.[er] an.[num,]
out of Lands; Mr. R*^ Hoghton, (in 1687,) 20^ p.[er] an.[uumj
out of Land in Euxton; Mrs. Cooper, 12^ P-[cr] an.[num,] out of
Lands in Chorley; out of Mr. Hey dock's money, 15^.

[To] Heath Charnock, by Tho.[mas] Halsworth, 50* ; Mrs.
Cooper, 4i-10» p.[er] an.[num;] out of Mr. Heydock's money,
101.

[To] Anderton, by Mrs. Cooper, 3» p.[er] an.[num;] Tho*
Johnson, (in 1680,) 3«-2<i p.[er] an.[num;] out of Mr. Heydock's
money, 81. 13* -6*1, w^^ is advanced to 9i. [John Shaw, by Will
dated 19th July 1627, gave Lands to the Poor; Geoi^e Shaw, by
Will dated 29th Oct. 1650, gave £100.]

[To] DuxBURY, by Mrs. Cooper, 4i«10* P-[cr] an.[num;] their
share of Mr. Heydock's money made up to lOi. William Mason,
in 1638, gave Lands to the native Poor; John Chamley, in 1712,
gave £30.

Left by Mrs. Mary Langton, (who gave 3001 to y« School,) lOQi

of the Bey. Ralph Oarr M.A. of Cocken Hall in the county of Durham, and of his wife
Ann, Bolo daughter of Anthony Hall Esq. and Margaret Standish.

Of this House was Henry Standish, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1518 — 1635, a Prelate, who
being zealous for Popery, thought it advisable to deal with Henry VIII. precibus et
lachn/miSf rather than by argument and authority, and is said to have fallen down on
his knees before that tyrant when ho was about withdrawing his neck from the Pf^wd
yoke, and implored him to continue the religion of his ancestors.

^ Standish Hall, formerly moated, containing a priyate Roman Catholic Chapel, is
an irregular briok building, situated about six miles to the South of Chorley, and
throe miles from Wigan. It has been the chief seat of the family of the same name
from the time of Edward I. and is the property, though not at present the rosidenoo,
of Charles Standish Esq. formerly M.P. for Wigan.

Scaners of ItslavS. .895

tow. [ards the] Relief of certain Poor Women of Staudish, Ley-
land, and Cborley. This aiid y" SOQi settled by Verdict, an. [no]
1626. MS. Hulm.m, A. IG, 51.

^©*ISIli.l.' This Chap.[el] was augm.

Sm built ab' an.[no] 1657, by WiU.[iani] ^^^^^^ ,
Crook, the Inhab,[itant3] contributing Labour, &c. and afterwards
by Money for Seats, reimbursing him most part of liis Charge.

I No PnfroQ Saint. Value ill 1834, £82. Registers begin in 1765.

The Manor of Coppul wm held in the 5l!i Chark-s I. by Edward Rigbje of Burgh
E«q. } mid wa>i purehiucd bj John Hodaon of Ellerbock Esq. M.P, for Wigan in the
year 1830. Dying without issue, his Estates pnased to the iaauc of his sister Judd,
wlio married Febrooty 26tb 1777, Richard Cardwell Esq. and vat motboc of the
BcT. Richard Cardwell, Minietet of St. Fsul'a, LiTerpool, who died s.p. aud of Jomea
Cardwell Esq. now of EUerbock, unelca of Edward CordncU E^q. U.P. late SeereCar;
of the Treasury.

At the time of the Nomuui Sarrey a Chureh ndsted here, which waa giren by
Roger de Poictou to the Abbty of aco» in Nomumdy, with the Priory of St. Mary of
I^ncOBtur. Tho Oliapel, built before the year 1657, probably occupies the si(« of this
ancient foundation. In the year 1650 the Parliamentary Inquisitors reported that
there woa "formerly au antjcnt Chappell in Coppull, near unto a place called the
Cowmoss ; and we present that a Church be creotod in Coppull aforesaid, on the
same placo where the olde Hall of Chesnoll, eituate in Coppull, formerly stood ; and
the residue of Coppull aforosaide to be annexed to the new eretited Cburch, and be
made a distinct Parish i and a rood to bo allowed by Edward Chisnall of Ohionall
Esq. owner of the Inheritance ; and that ho allow stones towards and for the Build-
ing of the same Ohurcb, and osaigne out a conreniont Church Yard for burying of
Corpa." — Pari, lag. Lamb. LUrr, Tol. ii.

A Statement waa drown up in the year 1716, by Mr, William Torton, respecting
the position of Coppol Chapel, and of tho impiety, intrigue, and tyranny of its
Eulers, for the information of Bishop OastrvU, which is abridged us follows: —
"The Chapel waa built after the year IGll, in the times of BobuUiou, when Dr. Bride-
oak, then Rector of Standiah, was forced to give phuxi to one Lathum, of the Parlia-
ment's nomination. The eiponso waa borne by acrcral of the Inhabitants of Coppul,
the Lord of the Manor investing in Tru9t«'s, a piece of the Common, as a site. At
the Rcstomlion, Dr. Brideoak was restored to Standiah, and made Bishop of Chi-
chester i and this Chapel was never used, a« at first designed, for a Diiscnting Meet-
ing House. Mr. Haddock, who succeeded Dr. Briileook, allowed his Curate l«
proarh here once a month, until tho Chapel waa repaired with the interest of £300
which had been left to maintain an orthodox Pcotoatant Prokcher. The Inhabitants

396 :04itttia etmimfkifL

[It is] not Consecrated^ but never used for Dissent, [era*] Meeting.
V.[ide] Rev. Mr. Heydock's Ace'- an. [no] 1715. Pap. Reg.

Certif.[ied] 10^ p.[er] an.[numj the Int.[erest] of 200^ given
by divers persons^ now in y« hands of S' Edw.[ard] ChisnaU, w^
not being soe appropriated to y« use of y« Chappell, but it may be
otherwise employed, was accepted by [the] Gov. [emors] of [the]
Q.[ueen]^8 Bounty tow*^ y« Augment, [ation] of this Chappell, and
y« whole 400^ is now laid out upon y« Tyths of Elston in Preston
Parish, and set for 20^ p.[er] an.[num,] an. [no] 1718.

then requested Mr. Haddock to place there as Curate, Mr. Ingham, and by voluntavy
contributions they made up the £10 a competency for him. During the last year or
two, at least, Mr. Ingham gave great offence by his immoral life, and the solemniza-
tion of clandestine marriages ; and the contributions were withdrawn. Many of the
Inhabitants, on the death of Mr. Haddock, complained to the succeeding Bector of
Mr. Ingham, and desired his rcmoraL Whereupon the Bector acquainted the Bishop
of Chester, afterwards Archbishop of York, who ordered him to desist, and to offi-
ciate no more until his Lordship's pleasure should be further known. Notwithstand-
ing this, Mr. Ingham, by order of Sir Edward Chisenhall and Mr. Crooke, who both
attended him to the Chapel, continued to oiEciate, Mr. Crooke aiErming that the
Bishop and Bector had nothing to do there, as the Chapel was unconsocrated ; and
he prevailed on Sir Edward, and on one Crook, a yeoman, the only remaining Tms-
tees for the ground of the Chapel, and of £200 left to it by different persons and
deeds, to make over their right to him. This unadvised act Sir Edward Chisenhall
repented of immediately, and ludicrously enough withheld the £200 from Mr.
Crooke ; which he demanding, there followed some sharp agitation, many squabblee,
breaking open of doors, and taking possession and repossession of the Chapel between
them. Mr. Crooke afterwards pretended to make over his right of Trusteeship to
the Lord Willoughby of Parham, a man who enjoyed a great reputation amongst the
Presbyterians, and who broke open the Chapel doors on Mr. Crooke's behalf. The
Bishop of Chester being made acquainted with the proceedings, (excepting Wil-
loughby's violence, which happened afterwards,) was pleased to declare that whatever
right the parties might have to an unconsecrated building, they could authorize no
Clergyman to Preach in his Diocese, without his License. The Church-wardens for
Coppul then presented Mr. Ingham for Clandestine Marriages, open Drunkenness,
and for Preaching and Officiating, having neither License from the Bishop, nor per-
mission from the Bector ; the Chancellor, however, cautiously deferred pronouncing
sentence, upon intimation from Mr. Crooke that if Mr. Ingham was silenced, he
(Crooke) designed to have a License from the Justices of the Peace to make it a
Presbyt^^riau Meeting House. After this, Mr. Crooke thought fit to assert his own
right, as he called it, and act the Master in spite of the Minuter^ and took the Key
of the Chapel even from his friend Mr. Ingham, and in 1716 no one officiated there ;

Ocancrg of l^^latiD. S97

[The] Augment, [ation was] accepted by [the] Gov.[eraor8] of
[the] Q.[ueen]'B Bounty, aii,[no] 1716.
Given since Hdfi, by Edw.[ard] Chisnall of Preston.
Chiaenliall.9 fian.

^^ fiamaa 9o^aon, in 1680, gave a Mess.[uage] in Tockhotes C^arltp.
^^St. to the Poor of Copiill and Anderton ; two parts of the rents
[to be given] to the Poor of Copull.

so tbat, to ase a phrase of Home Tooke's, 'the nymposiutic libertj of tbe I'laricnl
subject' had, rery properly, uot been ralabUshcd. The Deeds of the Ground snd
Money, wero in Mr. Crooke's huida, and he refused to produce Ihem; and was
shortly aflerwards MUed iu a duel, bj Captain Buckley of Buokley."— ianc. 31SS.

Oa the 7th of December 1715, Sir Edward Cliiicnhall vroto from Chiioiilull to
the Biehop of Chester, ia whiuh be stated tlint the Chapel waa built in the years 1854
and 1665, and a Pulpit, Beading Desk, and Seuta made therein by tlio Inhabitants of
Coppulj and that foe ten joara past, Mr. Thomas Ingham had aerrcd the Cure, and
constantly rend the Prayers of the Cbureh every Sunday, "and gives good content in
his Sermons to tbe said Inhabitants and sU other his Benefactors and Hearers i" and
that the interest of £200, "out upon Bond, in my name," was constantly paid to
the said Mr. Ingham, besides contributions from his hearers. Bishop Qsslrell had
the happiness to see these miserable feuds allayed, tranquillity restored, and the Cha-
pel secured, on a proper basis, as a BonoGe« nitb Cure of Souls. The Chapel wai
rebuilt in the year 1758, anff enlarged in 1840.

Tbe Keotor of Staodish is the Patron.

* Chisenhall Hall, in Coppul, is now a fam-bouse. It was tbe seat of the Chisen-
hall (amily from the thirteenth century antil the death of Sir Bdward Chisenhall,
whose daughter and heiress, Ann, married about the year 1694, Stephen Hnmerton of
Hetlifleld Feel Esq. and eonveyod tbe Estate to liis family, which is now posseased by
hia representatite, Cluseuball Hamerton Esq. M.A. Barristor-at-Iiaw, — Lane. MSB,
PnL toL zii

Cl)tii'cbr« nnti Cbm^ ^n [t^t] ^rtj^tiea^

rom7> of Ktcbmontj, l^tfjools anii

otbtx ibtttlti} CbarUpts*

tniiratfbirf.

Otmrtt ot ^momibtrntiitv or ^nvSitttuaat,
or Mnipin Bmutfir.

\".ride] Jlf5. £b. Pri. t^lam.

I4^})ili¥l.' Certif.[ied] W-OO-OO,
>i«, n |>arwU of ground, (^^-en by Mr.
It. KUH'twrtHi.^ worth iTaxes deducted)
ft' [■■[I'i'l ^i.^uum:] Easter KeckoD-
iiiKsi. »' l>L"j aii/uum.] Rieh.[ard]
l''Uc(w>H»d Esq. of Rosse-Hall, settled
ii|ioii this Churrb au.fuo] 1687, a
Hfiit I'liarp? of Itf p-[«] au.[nnin,]
V.|ideJ SfK RegSjtltr?^
'I'hi- iiiiKlirly of J" ('l)ii|i)ifU of Biscophcyni waa continned to y«
Aliboy til'Suym |iii Nor«\»iuly,] aiid [to the] Priorv of Lane.fas-
ti'r,| hy \K\w.\ A.Lrfb]iU'»o.[oD] of Rich.[niond,] w* y* grant of j«
irtbiir niNiidty uftrr y» death of y* then possessour. M&. E6.[or.]
l>HiuKv OF Lan. [caster,] /«*/. V.[ide] PootTox.

' AluvKDtiiKiMs i* BuppuHHl bj IV. WhitatCT, with hu luual itTinologu-sl saii.
r»cj, to like iti uaiiH; from Atunmlur or JLiDHUukT, the Oaubh siiiiliTV cmae of

fur nviT, V.|iili'| I'lHii.*

J3tamxv of atnounOrrnrfifs. 399

Bispham ciim Norbrick, Layton cum Warbrick; for w^ places Cafuntf. 2.
serve 4 Churchw. [ardens,] 3 chosen by [the] Min.[i8ter, and] 2
by [the] Pariah.

Edmund, and nerre, a proinontorj or petdusular projection into the sea, vrMch etj-
niology entirely accords with the nalurnl appearance of tliia Wapentnko.

An purt of the kiugdom of Northumbria, Amoimdemess appears to have been
conaidered na a profioee of York ; for, at the consecration of tho Monaaterj and
Church of Ripon, in the year 705, amongst other donations of tho great Suon
FiinNB and Nablea who witnessed that ccromouy, Lsnd; near Ribble, in Ifaamunder-
nwse, were bestowed on the now foundation. In the tenth century tho entire district
of AmundereesB vss granted by King Athelstan to the Chnrch of York ; but owing
to the raragea of the Danes, it seems to have been abandoned b; its Bcclesiastieal
possessors, anil lo have reverted to the Crown. At the Domesday Surrey, there were
only three Churches in the Hundred of Amoundcrness — probably those of Preston,
Kirkham, and St. Mlcbavl — the last being eiprcsaly named, and sixteen villages.
Amounderaosa was given to Roger de Foictou, on whose sttsinture it was replaced
in the Crown ; and was granted by Henry I. or Stephen, to Tbeobold Walter, and
eonfirmeil to bim by Richard I. in the year 1193. It aftenraids reverted to the
Crown ; and Henry III. granted tho Wapentake, with the Castle and Honor of Lan-
caster, and sundry Manors, to Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, and these, with
the other Estates of the House of Lancaster, merged in the possessions of tho Crown
in the reign of Henry IV. and still form pnrt of the Duchy inheritance.

By the Ecclesiastical divisions of the Coonty, which are more ancient than the
fbrmatioD of tho Counties of Lancaster and Westmoreland, the Deanery of Amoun-
demcss ie placed in the Archdeaconry of Richmond. In tho year 1291 Laacastcr,
St. Michael's, Freston, Ribchester, Kirkham, Foullon, and Oantang, are found in the
Deanery of Amoundcrness ; and in tbo Valor of Henry VIII. the discharged Vicarage
of Cockerham, and the Perpetual Curacir« of Bispham and Lytham, are added to the
number. — Whitakir's SUlory of Richmontlthire, vol, ii; Baincs's EUtori/ o/Lan-
eaiMn, voL ir.

* Patron Saint unknown. Value in IS^ £275. Registers b^in in 1590.

Bispham, is the Biscopham of Domeidai/, in which name Dr. Wbitakor recogtiisca
the ancient Lords before the Conquest, tho Anhbiihops of York, who held the whole
Wapentake. OeoBrey, the Bhcrill^ encouraged by the example of Roger do Poieton,
■hortly after tho Conquest, gave the Tithes of Biscophum, to the Priory of Lancaster.
A narrow Norman areb, which constitutes tbo door-way of the present Church, is
attributed by Dr. Whitaker to tho lime of William Riifus, or Henry I. In the reign
of Richard I. Theobald Walter quit claimed to the Abbot of Bees all his right in the
Advowsou of Pulton, with the Church of Biscopbiun. In the year 1296 John
Bomaniu, Archdeacon of Richmond, confirmed to St. Martin of Sees, and St. Mary
of I^ncaster, amongst other posMscioni, the mcdie^ of tiie Ohnroh of Pnlton and

400 :04itMa erKtriemto.

Wtti. No ancient Seats. [Bossall-Hall.]^

^ctiaal. ^^^ ere is a Free School, Founded (about 1658) by John [Bich-
^In <^d] Higginson (of St. Faith^s, London,) and by him en-
dowed [by WiU dated 25th July 1659,] w^ Itf p.[er] an.[num,]
arising out of Lands bought for that purpose ; [but being Lands
belonging to the Dean and Chapter of St. Paulas, they were
restored to that Corporation in 1660, and John Amherst of Gray's
Inn Esq. and Elizabeth his wife, widow and executrix of the said
Richard Higginson, to preserve the foundation, gave £200, which^

the Chapel of BiBCophMn, and granted the other moiety of Pulton and Bisoopluuii
after the death of the then Inciunhent; so that when both parts accrued to the
Abbot of Sees and the Prior of Lancaster, they should appoint a Yioar, whofe
income should bo twenty marks. Notwithstanding this, no Vicarage waa erer
ordained. Shortly after the foundation of the Abbey of Dieulacres, William, Abbot
of Salop, a favourite foundation of Roger dc Poietou, granted to the Abbot and
Conrcnt of Dieulacres the town of Parra Biscopham, apparently on Lease. In the
Slst Henry YIII. it appeared that the Monks of Dieulacres paid annually to the
Abbot of Salop, £3. 13s. 4d. for lands in Norbroke and Biscopham ; besides 2s. to
Sir Thomas Butler, for lands in Biscopham. This was a payment to the representa-
tiye of the ancient feudal Lords. At the Dissolution of the Religious Houses, the
Manor fell to the Crown ; and was granted in the 6th Edward YL to Sir Balph Bag-
nell, but was sold shortly afterwards to John Fleetwood Esq. ancestor of Sir Peter
Heskcth Fleetwood Bart. M.P.

Richard Fleetwood of Rossall Esq. settled £10 per annum on the Vicar of the
Parish Church of Bispham, (in his own gift,) by Deed dated the 14th of April
1687, payable from lands in Presall and Hackensall ; and yet in the year 1650, Bisp-
ham was considered to be a Chapel in the Parish of Poulton, four miles from that
Church, and containing three hundred £eunilies, who humbly desired that they might
be constituted a distinct Parish, and haTC a competent allowance for their Minister,
who only received the Easter Dues, which amounted to £5 a year. — Pari, Inq,
Lamb, Lihr, vol. ii.

The Church consists of an ancient short Tower, and a Nave, without Aisles, rebuilt
about a century ago, " with the general economy which prevails in modem Church
building. The fat« of the topographer whose lot it is to write of such places, is like
that of the portrait painter who is condemned to delineate total vacuity of features
and absence of expression." — Whitaker's Histary of BichmoncUhire, vol. iL p. 445.

Patron — the Rev. Charles Hesketh M.A.

' Rossall Hall, the burth-place of Cardinal Allen, whose father held it under lease
fr^m the Abbey of Dieulacres, afterwards the seat of the Fleetwoods and Heskeths,
and now used as a school.

£lr«tn-s of atnounOrrnetift. 401

in 1687, was expended in Lands at Layton.] Wjide] Nom.[ina-
tioii] of Trustees an. [no] 1701. Pap. Reg. ' . -■

[The] School [is] free to all y" Parish. 8 Trustees 'iiiUQJn ate y"
Master. [The] Land lyes in Layton w"'in y" Par.[ish,] /' ■

%iP¥{Xe.> Certif.[ied] 36i.l3'-04^, Wz. paid Iiyje-^-'^*
[the] B.[ishop] of Chester, Iff, [and] by his Lessee, * ■ '.-^
21il3»-4^; Surp.[liee] Fees, 51. By a Covenant in r *J

Bp a Lease, y" Vicar is to Lave y* use of y« Mansion or wyn .. o. i. o
Pars.[onage] house. [The] Undertenant payea 40" p.[er] an. r^p^,o^|„,
[num] more to y« Vicar, by Order of [the] Abp, of York, y '^S,!^'

Lessee. Vi&' Ace'- an.[no] 1720. F«m

10' was reserved by Indent, [ure] of Excheq[uer,] and 5' for a iPimI'm.p.
Priest ser\'ing in y" said Church. Retf. [iff/er,]

There belong to y= ^'icar 6i acres of Glebe land, a Vic.[arage]
house, and a Turf-room. Pap. uueertain.

By Terrier of [the] Churchw.[ardenB,] only Pars.[oQage] house
and Garden ; another Garden called the Rispe, and one Mosse-
dale, of three rood.

Chipping; not in MS. L.

An. [no] 1431, [an] Inst, [itutioa] to [tlie] Reet.[ory] of Chepyn

1 Dodlcslwl to St, Bartliobmnw. Value in 1834, £102. Begiatcrs beRin in 1650.

The Manor of Cliepjoi wai lield bj Birliird ilu ClirpTn shortly after the Conquixt,
and about Ihs 22d Edward III. John de Chepyn granted the honiago and soiriee o(
thirtei^Q laaaals lo BJchard do KuoUp, in whniD famit; the Manor remnined until the
7th Henr; VIII. when Iiabol, dauglilir and heiresii of John EnoUa of Wolfhonae
and Cbippenilale, eonveyed it in nurriage to Roger, third «on of Robert Slierbume of
Stonyhurit Esq. It wob again acquired in marriage, in the year IGTS, by William,
ion of Sir John ^^'eld of Compton Basset, and nophow and hmr of Humphrey Wold
of Lulnorth Ciatle Esq. with Eliiabeth, sister and heiress of Sir Niehohw Sherburne;
and, by a recent purchase, has become Tested io the Karl of Derby.

The Cburch cxtgtfd before the 25ch Henry III. : ami according to the Statiu de

Blagiomihin, the Farieh was separBtud from that of Whalley bofoK the reign nf

Edward the Conftasor. The Adrowson remained in the Lacy family from the time

thc^ became possesaed of the diitrict of Blackbomabire. It «u giren by the Crown

VOL. II.] 3 r

BcantT|t of 9mounncrucBS. 403

Will dated Sth July 1702;) Remaining, 167 years, (1722.) He
has likewise 10* p.[er] an.[num, the] Int.[ere8t] of 10' left by
Rob.[ert] Winder.

[The] Master is nomi. [nated] by [the] Trustees of Mr. Brabine.

^^ ttt is an Alms-house built by Mr. Brabine, and endowed 9Iintf'!)aiisc.

^^3 w* an Estate let for 24'-10" p.[er] an.[num,] for sLt poor
people, who have 5' [now 12s. and coal] apiece every month.

Given by y^ said Mr. Brabine an Estate let for 8' p.[er] an, C^nrititi.
[num, now let for £i5 a year,] for putting out Poor Scholars,
taught in Chipping School, Apprentices; and another Estate let
for 5' p-[er] an. [num,] to such Poor as liis Exec think fit, out of
y" towns named by him.

Given to [the] Poor of Chipping by Tho.[mas] Parkinson, 20^;
[by] Edw.[ard] Harrison, (in 1671,) 30'; [by] Edw.[ard] Helrae,
(in 1691,) 6'-12»-6''p.[er] an.[num,] from Laud; [liy] Hcn.[ry]
Barnes, (by Will, in 1696,) 50"; [by] Ri, [chard] Partivants, 2
small cottages; [by] Ja.[mes] Bolton, 401, to a Meeting-house,
but w" j" door of liberty is shut, to poor Widows and Orphans.

To [the] Poor of Thomley, by H. Wilkinson, \8f] [by] Hi.
[chard] Lund al. Cragg, (in 1676,) 30'; [by] W-n Wright, a
Blacksmith, (in 1711,) 160', to buy clothes; [by] Th.[omaa]
Threlsall, 10', to y* same use.

ee^l^&ma,' Certif.[ied] 38' ■ 10- ■ 00*, viz. Glebe -^^

Land, (six Acres,) 5'; Small Tyths, 29' ; Tyth Fish, \

10"; Surp.[lice] Fees, 4'. J. ^,.. i

Cliristiana de Lyndesey quits all y" Claim she had to ^"^ ■ ■ "

[the] Church of Cockerham, w"- y Chap, [cl] of ElleU, " Abbati S"' :

de pratis, Co. Leicest. an. " Dodsto. MS.

' Dedicated to 81. Michapl. Vnluo in 1834, £655. HegistorB begin in 1596.
At tlie DomeBday Burvcj, Ulf and Maohd hpld two canicotei ia LnDeadalo and
Cocrehnm ; and sudd afterirardr, WilliaTD d« Lancaster, Baron of Kendal, Steward o(

404 ilotitta CtfittitnfiifL

Cockerham, val.[ue] 20 marks: patron^ Coll.[ege] of Leicester.
MS,L,

[A] Vicar [was] presented an. [no] I2th Eliz. [abethj by virtue
of a grant from y« Queen. Inst.\itution\ B,\ook^ 1. Pap, B,
[pok,'] p. 3.

An. [no] 1626, by grant from Will.[iam] Fisher. In8t,\itution
Book,'] 2, p. 76.

An. [no] 1627, Alice Brown, widow, presented as [the] true
Patron, p. 77.

An. [no] 1633, Roger Downes de Wordley Esq. presented as
[the] true Patron ; and a Faculty was granted by Dreden, Offi-
ciall Princ.[ipal] of Exempt, [ion from] Jurisd. [iction] of [the]
D.[ean] and Chap.[ter] of Westm.[inster,] to [the] Bp. of Ches-
ter, to Institute and grant a Mandate of Induction to y® Vicaridge
of Cockeram, w*Mn their jurisdiction. lb, p. 120.

Henry II. gave to the Canons of Leicester, in alms, two carucates of land in Cokyram.
Whitaker recogni2e8 in this donation the Manor and Advowson of Cockerham, with
the Chapel of Elhalo, which grant received the consent of William de Lancaster and
liis wife Gundrada, and was confirmed by Henry II. The Manor was held by the
Abbot of St. Mary, Leicester, in the 29th Edward I. ; but the descendants of the
original grantor of the Manor and Church, did not entirely relinquish all their sup-
posed rights, for in a Suit at Lancaster, in the year 1320, between the Abbot and
Christiana de Lyndsay, or De Courcy, wife of Ingelram de Ghisnes, Lord of Courcy,
it was agreed that Christiana, for the good of her soul, and the soul of Ingelram,
should quitclaim all her right in the Manor and Church of Cockerham, and the
Chapel of Ellal, and that she should, moreover, maintain four Canons within the said
Manor. She reserved some claim, however, on the Manor, as in the time of Henry
VI. her descendant, Philippa, Duchess of Ireland and Countess of Oxford, released
her claim, which «he had on condition of finding certain Canons. The Manor, parcel
of the late Monastery of Frees in Leicester, was sold by the Crown, in the year 1667,
to Thomas Calvert, in whose family it remained in 1650. Before the year 1720 it
was vested in Colonel Francis Chartcris of Hornby Castle ; and was sold by Lord
Wemys, about the year 1708, to Thomas Greene of Slyne, Anthony Atkinson,
John Dent, and Robert Addison, Esqrs. whoso representatives are the present Mane-
rial owners.

The Church was probably founded by the first William de Lancaster. The present
edifice was rebuilt in the year 1814, with the exception of the castellated Tower. In
the year 1650 the Fatron was John Calvert Esq. who was styled a Fapist delinquent,
to whom the great Tithes were Impropriated conjointly with Mr. Bradshaw, another

Sraneri? of SmounDmiEais. 405

One [Walter] Frost presented [Mr. John Winter] to this Vic.
[arage] last, [in }695;] but L"* Haversham claims tlie Preaen-
tatioQ. Waile, an.[uo] 1708.

Coll. [onel] Charteris, (who has bought an Estate here,) pre-
sented the present Vicar, an. [uo] 1722.

[The] Parish [is] divided into 3 parts, viz. Cockerham and B'tttuutf.
Thuraham, Forton and Clcveley, and Ellcll.

4 Churchwardens, and 2 Chap, [el] wardens, chosen Cam, who
serve for y* Districts wherein they inhabit. [The Parish Clerk is
chosen Canonically, and his Salary is -id. per house.]

Cock.[erham] Hall;^ Thum.[ham] Hall;^ EUell Grange.'' ffiaUi.

^^^ rre is a School, built an.[uo] 1681, at y charge of y= Town ^rfjool.
^1^ and neighbourhood; and at their charge repaired. Nothing
settled for a Master but y« Int. [erest] of some small Legacyes.
He is chosen by y* heads of y* Parish upon Exam, [i nation] and

Papist delinquent, sod wero Tnluyd at £116 a year. There was aleo a Ticsrage-houBe,
irllh nix and a half acrea of Globe, uid TitLe of Suit, Wool, Lamb, Pigs, Qecie, Haj,
Hentp, Flax, and email Titht^, and a eompontion rent from ThumLam Ilall, of 6s.
■ je&i. The profits were anciontlj £60 a jear ; but in consequence of the decaj of
Sheep, the Vicarage had been farmed in the yeM 1649 for £36 a year. Mr. Thomas
Smith had been appointed Minister daring the sequefitratioa of Mr. William Cidvert,
the Viear, for delinquency. — Part. Inq. Lamh. lAbr. Tol. iL

Abont the reign of Henry II. the Abbey of St. Mury do Prstis eatablisLed a Cell or
Priory here ; and in the 20lh Edward I. the Prior of Cockerham occurs ai
uf Chuten in the Regiator of St. Mary of Laneastpr. 'Xhe Priory probably m
in the parent house, as about the year 1177, John Caliert, farmur of the Manor tmd
Beclorj, agreed to find food, drink, hay, and horse prorender, for one 0(
and their seminta, during B week's stay in those parts. No TOBtigo of the Prioiy
remains, nor is it named by Leland in the reign of Henr^ VIII.

The Vicarage House was rebiiilt in the year X313,

Patrons — the Lords of the Manor.

> Cockerham Halt, the aocient Manor House, eiitted in the year 1100.

* Thumluun HaQ was held in the year 15G6 by Robert Dalton of Bisphua Esq.
defended from Sir Robert de Dalton living in the time of Edward III. father of Sir
John Dalton, who died in the year 1361), soiiDd of the Manor of Bispham, On the
death of Bobert Dalton Ksq. in Iho year 169 , thia Estatu passed in marriage with
Elizabeth, his daughter and eohcLreeii, (bom on the 16th of March 1663,) to Will
Hoghton of Park HaU Esq. (horn in 1659,) whose eldest son, John, in the year 1710,

406 iLotftta etntvittmm.

Approb.[ation] of y« Minister; but no Order made to fix y« Kight
of Election.

This [is] sd to be a Free School, w^ [a] Sal. [ary] of 7^ to [the]
Master. Present* an. [no] 1719.

An. [no] 1724, Certif.[ied] y* [the] Master receives only y« Int.
[erest] of 87i.6».8d; 50^ of w<=^ was left by [the] Will of The.
[mas] Jackson, (of Crimbles, who died about 1694,) and is secured
upon Land (by Thomas Sherson of Lancaster junr. a Trustee under
the Will ;) the rest is let to sev. [eral] persons, w***out Security, as
34^ more, given formerly, was, w«^ is now lost. [The] School [is]
not free. Acc^ of Vicar, 1724.

Certif.[ied] V; being Int.
[ercst] of money left by Will.
8 m. [iles] firom [the] Par. [ish] Church.
Duly served by a Curate. V.[ide] Shireshead.
Cl^xritM. Ann Cawson, in 1669, gave 5s. a year to the Poor. William
Hynd, in 1698, gave 5s. a year to the Poor of Forton.

assumed tho sumRine and arms of Dalton, and was ancestor of John Dalton Esq. tl&e
last heir male of tho family^, who dying on the 10th of March 1837, was succeeded bj
his two daughters. In the year 1823 tho architectural character of the House, as it
existed in tho time of Queen Elizabeth, was unhappily destroyed. The fine piotu*
resque ruins of Cockersand Abbey are situated upon the Estate, and the Chapter
House is the fiunily Mausoleum.

* Ellel Ghrange was conyeyed, by purchase, to Richard Atkinson Esq. one of the
Lords of the Manor, and is now occupied by him.

* Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £94. Registers begin in 1594.

Alice, daughter and coheiress of Grimbald do Ellal, conyeyed this Manor to Robert,
son of Sir Adam do Holland, in the reign of Henry III. ; and in the 11th Edward I.
Robert do Holland prosecuted Henry de Leo for impounding cattle at Ellal. The
Manor, howerer, was held by Marmaduke do Twenge, (a descendant of the House of
Lancaster,) at his death in the 10th Edward II. ; and in the 9th Henry YI. Thomas
do Twenge appears to haye been the Lord. The chief Manor was, however. Tested in
the Crown in tho time of Edward lY. as that King demised it to Thomas Molyneuz,
for a term. It was held by Sir James Laurence in the 16th Henry YII. ; but the

Stannrit of amounDcrneHH.

p^^ lut. [erest] of money left by Will.

Sin. [ilea] from [the] Par.[isli] Church.

Duly served by y" same Curate as officiates at Ellell, who, in
Summer, preaches at both Chappells, ev.[ery] Sunday, and in
Winter, ev. [ery] other Sunday at each.

This Chap. [el] was in y« handa of y" Dissenters for some time,
but recovered from y"" by [the] D.[uke of] Hamilton, and Mr.
Riehinoud, then Vicar of Garstang, as Mr. Bichmond informed
me, an.[no] 1720.

12" p.[er] an.[num] was formerly paid to this Chap, [el] by y"
Fam.[ily] of j-* Gerards ; but y" heircsse of that Estate, since her
marriage to [the] D.[ukeof] Hamilton,' hath withdrawn it.

EitateB are doit chiefly Freeliold, iLod the Manorial rights are DOmiaal, although
cliiimod bj tbe late Jolm FtiotOD Cnwtlionio M.P.

The Chapel, situnte in Oalgnti', vat in existence about the time of Henry 11. ) and
is named in the year I4T7, in the Dechiralion of the Abbey of Leicester, that they
were not bimnd to proyido Canone, or Secular Choplaini, at Oockorbam. In 1650
thtro naa □□ cadowment; but Mr. Peter Atkinaon, the Minister, had £50 a year
dllowcd hini by the Conunillee of Plundered MintsUre. — Pari, Jug, Lamb. lihr.
ToL ii. The present edifice of etone wa« rebuilt about the year 1801), and a PargoDDgo
House erected in 1840.

The Yicar of Caelierhani appointi the Curat«,

< Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £93. Begisters begin in 1629.

The Townihip of Cleiolry is partly ijn CockerhalD, and partly in QvrsCuig ; and the
Chapel called " Shireaheed" or "Sbire-aide Chapel," <raa in existence in the early part
of tbij siitcealh centuiy. Uarrison, in the year 1577, oames the Wire mniiing by
Shireshesd ChapeL lu 1650 it was returned ns "Slura-aido Chapel, with do cDrtoin
maintenanee^to the knoirledge of the Parliamentary Inquisitors, Mr. John Fiaber
being tbe Minister, It was rebuilt of atone in the year 1800.

The Ticar of Coclcerhoni Dominalcs the Curate.

* James, fourth Duke of Hamilton, and flnt Duke of Brandon, and Baron Dutton
in the Peerage of EngUnd, K.G. was born in the year 1658, married twice, his aecond
wife being BUnbcth, wte daughter and beireas of Digby, Lord Qerard of Bromley.
Uia Qracc waa killed in a duel with Lord Mohun, in 1712, aged fifty-four.

406

gtotitia etnttcittmiti.

M. T. Corp.
8yn... 0. 8. 8
ItL... 0.13. 4

Pam.

Pap

DIM. M.

S30

^mm^

aaSlSffaNe,* Certif.ped] 73i.lO».00d, viz. Glebe 14^;

Great and Small Tyths at Claughton, 46^. 10».00«»;

Modus for Tyth-Hay, 1^; East.[er] Reckonings^ 5';

Surp.[lice] Fees, 7^.

Val.[uc] 12^ Patr.[on, the] Ab.[bot] of Cokersand. MS.

Eb.[or.] The Patronage of this Church was confirmed to the

Abbot by King John. DodsworWs MSS,

This Church and 4 oxgangs of Land in Garstang, were given to
y« Abbey of Cockcrsand. MS, £6. [or.] Dug.[dale'8] Mon.[a9tu
con,] V. 2, p. 631.

[A] Vicar [was] presented an. [no] 37 H.[enry] 8, by [a] grant
from [the] Ab.[bot] of Cockersand. Inst,[ittUion] B.lpok,'] 1,
p. 23.

An. [no] 1609, Jam.[es] Anderton of Lostock Esq. Patron.
[InstiiiUum] 5.[ooA:,] 2, p. 48.

Patrons, [in 1678,] Mr. Richmond, Rec.[tor] of Walton; Mr.
Richmond, Rect.[or] of [a] med.[iety] at Leverpool; (both

1 Dedicated to St. Helen. Value in 1834, £282. Eegisten begin in 1567.

Soon after the Conquest, the Manor of Chirfltang was held by the LancMters,
Barons of Kendal. In the 81st Henry III. William de Lancaster died 8.p. leftYing
his widow, Agnes de Brus, dowable of this Manor, the inheritance descending to
Peter de Brus and Walter de Lindsey, his nephews and next heirs ; and on a diTision
of the Estate the Manor of Garstang fell to the Lindscys. Christiana de Lindaej,
the heiress of this family, married Ingelram de Ghisnes, Lord of Courcy, before the
20th Edward I. His eldest son, Ingelram de Gynes, was created Earl of Bedford in
the 40th Edward III. and in the 22d Richard II. devised his Estates to Philipps,
Duchess of Ireland, who died s.p. : and it would appear that these Estates reyerted
to the Duke of Lancaster, for John, Duke of Bedford, third son of Henry IT. and
Begent of France, who died in the 14th Henry VI. hold the moiety of Netherwires-
dale Manor, in the Township of Gkurstange. The Manor was, however, parcel of the
possessions of Cockersand Abbey ; and William de Lancaster, Steward of Henry II.
gave to the Monks four bovates of land in Garstang, and the whole demesne of For-
tone, with housebot and haybot for their tenants in Garstang, and notwithstanding
all the subfoudatory Lords of the Manor, the Abbot and Convent appear to have held
the fee : and on the Dissolution, the Crown, on the 16th of May 1558, and in the 4th
and 5th Philip and Mary, rated the Manor for John Rygmaden. In the seventeenth

Dranerr of amoutiDcmrBB.

409

dead an. [do] 1722;) Mr. Silv.[ester] Richmond, and Ri. [chard]
Ougliton, Merchants at J-icverpool.

[The] Glebe contains about 17 acreSj worth Iff p.[er] an.[num]
clear, as Certif.[icd] au.[no] 1722, w" Mr. Silv.[e8ter] Richmond
presented [Mr. Thomas Hayward, who died in 1731,] as true
Patron, being the only sursivour of those in whom y" Right of
Present, [ation] was vested.

[The] Glebe [cousiHts of] 16 acres, [worth] 2ff p.[er] an.[numi]
Tyths, 401.1 OOOi; SmT).[lice] Fees and Ea8t.[er] Dues, 20' or
251 p.[er] an.[num.] Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1725.

The Church is about a mile from y" Town, at one end of y
Parish, w''' is 7 m.[ile8] long and 3 m.[ile8] broad, one part w'l'
another, and pretty populous.

Some of y" Town8.[hips] are 4, [aud] some 5 and 6 m.[ilcs] cainiif, ii,
from [the] Par.[i8h] Ch.[urch.]

Lady Standlsh, a Papist, [is the] Improp. [riator] of six Town-
ships, and Mr. Butler of y* other four.

emtnrj, the Crown leased the Hnnor to the Man, Williiuii Spcneer third ton of
William, Lord Sponeer, whoie diwcendant anil Lcire«it, Eliinbeth, daughter of Digbj,
Lord Gerard, married James, Earl of Amm, Duke of UamtUon and Braadon, wbu
died in the jear 1712. On the death of Doughu, nghtb Duke of Uamilton, i-p. in
1799, he naa succeeded bj his unulo. Lord Archibald Hamilton, on whoae death in
1B19 the Titles and Estate, iucluding the Conetablewicl of Qorslang, descended to
his SOD, the present Duke of Huniltoti, Brandon, and Chat«lbcniult,

The Leaw of the Manor obtained bj Mr. Speneer oipired in 1736, when tho Manor
of OarstSDg was soU, bj Act df Parliameot, to Sir Edward Wnlpole, whoso descend-
ant, Frederick Walpole Keppel Esq. is the present owner.

The Church was 'm eiistenee in the time of Henry II. ; and in the 6th John, a
qnestion arose whether or not it was a Chapel depiimdent on the Cbnrcb of 9l.
Michael upon Wyre, and Gilbert Fiti Keinfrid, the son-in-Liw of William de laa-
CHtur, gained the aetion, it appearing that Oantang had alwajt been a mother and
not a filial Cborch. Notwithstanding this decision. Dr. Whitakn- thinks that Oar-
stang had bten originallj detacbcd from the Saxon Parish of St, Michael's. King
Jotin, in the jwa 1215, confirmed the grant of the Advowson bj Qilbert Pitx Beinfonl
to the iloDuterj of Cockcraand. In 1S9I the Church was Tihied at £S6. 18i. 4d.
At the DissolntioD of tbe Monaaterte«, the Liring was sold b; the Crown, and in Ibo
Ut Bliiabetb, 1568, Christopher Anderton Esq, was the Patron. It has sinee fre-
quentlj rhangod owners, and has been lincc ihe jcar 175S in the familj of the Ber
Jamea Pedder M.A. the present Ttcir.

VOL. II.] So

I

410 iLotitta etnttiamiau

[The] Par.[i8li is] divided into 4 Quarters; G^rstang;, Clangh-
ton, Wiresdall^ [and] Bamaker, (besides Pilling w^in Ghurstang
Quarter^) for w^ serve 4 Churchwardens : Sidesmen 24.
K«IU* Wedicar^^ Orenehalgh,^ Winmerleigh/ and Kirkland.^

AiriiUtar ^^ tee [Grammar] School of Oarstang [was] endowed w^ 100^,
ttl)QQl. ^^ ^^^^ ^y j-^j^g-| pam.[Uy] of [the] Butlers. [It is] an an-

cient School^ built by y« Iuhab.[itantsJ the ground upon w*** it
stands being given by one of y® Butlers of Kirkland^ who are
Lords of y« Manour. No endowment but [the] Int.[ere8t] of
[the] above named 100^.

V.pdc] Nom. [ination] 1688, by Eliz.[abeth] Gerard, in right
of y« Manour-house of Wedacre. Pap. Reg.

** 12th Fobr. 1571, the Crown granted the Bectoiy and Tithes of Garstang, for
21 years, to Jane Kitchen, widow, paying yearly to the Curate of Ctarstang a stipend
of 40* out of the aforcs** Bectory." — Particular* qfZeeue* in the Aitgwteutation Ofiee^
Lancashire^ Roll 2, No. 34. Ducarers Repertory^ Lamb, Libr.

There is a Chantry within the Church in the South Aisle, founded in the year 1522,
and called the *' Lady Chapel." The North Chancel belongs to Charles Standiah Esq.
the Impropriator. The North Aisle was the ancient burial place of the Butlers of
Kirkland : their family yault is now situated in the South* East Aisle.

The Church is singularly placed in the Township of Kirkland, a mile and a half
from the town, and in that part of the Parish called Garstang Church Town. In
1650 the Parliamentary Inquisitors found that the Patron was Christopher Anderton
of Lostock Esq. a Papist delinquent, but that the Tithes were Impropriated to Sir
Robert Bindloss Bart, and worth £313 a year. The Vicarage-house and Glebe were
valued at £8 a year, and Stoythouse tenement " set at £17 per ann. and now worth 20
markes per ann. but detayned from the Min' by John Greenwood of Lancaster, upon
pretence of a Lease for a term of years, yet in being, made by Dorothy Wildbore, "wife
of the late Min', a Dolinq*, to the use of Ann Roote his kinswoman, who is now wife
of the s** John Greenwood, so that a yearly rent of 10* only is rec** out of the same by
the Min' of Ghirstang. The whole Vicarage is worth three score pounds per ann. and
Mr. Christ' Edmundson is the diligent and painful Min'." — Pari. Inq, Lamb, Libr.
Tol. iL

In the 4th Edward II. a Charter was granted for a Market and Fair to the Abbot
of Cockersand ; and the town was Incorporated in the year 1313. The Charter was
surrendered to Charles II. who granted a new one in 1680, by which the goyemment
is Tested in a Bailiff, and seren *' gentlemen burgesses,*' who are self elected, and who
choose the Bailiff.

3 Wedacre, or Woodacre Hall, was the ancient Manor-house of Bamacre, held in

IDcanrt? of SmoutiSemcits.

411

Nominat. [ion Tested] in certain Feoffees, [the] Vio.[ar] alwayes
one. Certif.[ied] 1721.

An. [no] 1602, 100 marks [were] given by [the] Adimn.[istra-
tors] of Wal.[ter] Kigmayden of Wedacre, to be y" first foundat.
[ion] of a Free School to be erected in y* Church Yard of Gara-
tang. MS. Huitn. 47, 48.

An.[no] 22 Jac. 1, [An] Inquis. [itiou was held] about money
Given to [the] Free School and Parish of Garstang. lb. 98,
16, 41.

^^ rft by Mr. [William] Bailton, (in 1679,) some Lands charge- «|iiirilit<.
§^^ able w"" 2' ■ 10" p. [er] an. [num,] to [the] Poor of Garstang ;
2'- 10" to Catterall; and 5' to Barnacre cum Bond, all iu the
Parish of Garstang.

[Left by John Caton, in 1720, ^640; by Christopher Caton, in
1721, £40; and Elizabeth Caton, in 1728, £30; by Margaret
Blackburn of Scorton, in 1718, £100.]

the 37Hi Edwon! III. bj Thomaa do Kigmajden. It passed wit!i Margaret, d*Dghter
of John Bigmajdmi of Wrdacre, to William Butler of Eirkland Esq. and vaa poi-
sesBod in tha seventeenth centuiy, bj John f^e Esq. who married Add, daughter
of John Butler Esq, From this famil}-, living here at tho b^inntug of the prewnl
centurj, it passed to the Qonirde, and now belongs to the Duke of Hamilt-on. The
house bos been rebuilt, and is modern.

' Qroeohalgh Castle was built by Thomas, first Earl of Derby, bj Licence dated at
Lancaater, August 2d, in the Btb Henry VII. authorizing him to embattle and fortiJy
his house, and ta make a Park. Camden says that the Ear! built this Castle while be
vras under apprebensiou of dsinger from certain of tho nobility of this county, vho
had been outlawed, and whoao Eatatea bad been given him by Henry VTI. for they
made several attcmpta upon him, and many inroads iuto bis grounds. — Gibson's
Canden, p. 976. The Castle was surrounded by a circular moat, and garrisoned by
James, Earl of Derby, for tlio King, in the year 1643. It was disroanUed in 1G49 or
1660, and little of it now remains. This OroenhiUgh is to be distinguiahed &om ano-
ther place of the same name in the Pariah of Bury, which was tho original residence
of the Oreeubalghs' of Brandlesome.

* Winmorleigh, at Wimmerslej, became the property of Richard de Badeljffo in
the time of Edward III. and passed with his descendant Anne, niece of William
Bodcliflb, to Sir Gilbert Gerard, by whose descendant it was sold to tho Paltena of
Bank. — See Note, p. 319.

• EirUand Uall is the seal of Thomas Uutler Cole Esq. who, in ihc year 1816,

r

^[ »a|>|JEll.,' IN YE Town. [A] Li-
3^3 ccnce to [the] Inhab. [itants] of Gars-
tang to have Divine Service [performed] in [the] Chap, [el] of
Trinity in that Town, for one year, [was] granted by [the]
Archd.[eacon] of Rich. [mond,] im.[no] U37. Reg. Boweit, i. 70.
Certif.ped] that nothing at all bclongB to it. It ia supplycd by
ye Vicar.

A small parccll of ground, formerly y" Chap, [el] yard, is now
built upon ; and y' building is bo near y* Chapel y' 'tis a manifest
annoyance to it.

^diaoW. ^@^ ttt is a free Gram, [mar] School, endowed w"" Lauds and
SiUbocaa^. ^^ Tenements worth about 14' p.[er] an.[num, by John Cross

of Myerscough, by Will dated 2d June 1718.]
Kotocr Here is a School, endowed w"" 40" p.[er] an.[nuni, by the Will

(Kserttiale. of Robert Bourne, dated 13th June 1717; and with a further sum

of 308. per anniun, by the Will of Hichard Bourne, dated 5th Jan.

1721 i and ^£40 by the Will of Margaret Blackburn, in 1718.1

auumod the euniaoie of Cole, bnving euc^^^ilod to Clie Eatato^ of Uia great unclr,
AJeiimdra Butler Esq. (ShPriff of Lancsahirc in 1767,) son of Tbomas Butler Eaq. and
of bin wifa Dorothy, daughlcr and heircBS of Edmund CoIb of Beaumont Goto E*q.
The«o Ijutlera arc said to be descended from Bic^hard Butler, lliicd son of Sir John
Buller of BawcUfle, (SliOTiff of LuicbsIuto in tbu 16th Bichoril 11.) nbo miirried
Eliiabvlii, hii couatn in the fourth dcgroo, by liecnc« of Pope Boniface IX. in the
12Hi yoM of hia pontificate, 1401-2. — Lane. StSS. Tol. xiii. p. 113. The prosent
Manor House of Kirkluid is a modoru building.

I Dedicated to St. TliomH. Value in 1834, £03. Begiit«n at the Mother Church.

thwo wu formerly a stone in tha Chapel inscribed — "Thig Chnpcl waa built by
Richard Longwortb Eiquiro, BailifTc, 1666;" but it appenra &oiu the text to have
been built upon the aite of a much older foundation : and Robert Beck of ManehOBt«T
Gout, by Will dated the 17th of December 1566, giyoa " to the Chappell of Garatang,
towards j' bigging or making of Cballia there, ivi'. viii''." — Lane, MSS. vol. liii. p.
283. In 1650 "Garalang Market Town Chappell" was reported to be two miles from
the Parish Church, without endowment, and the Iuhnbit4uits dosirod to have a Parish
rouipriiing five hamleta, with mauj liuudred fitmilics in them ; but their sensible re-
quat WM not granted.— i'or/. Inj. Lamb- lAbr, Tol. ii. The preseul Cbapel ia n spa-

23cAnrr» of amountinnefis.

1^^^^*-*^®-' Certif.[ied] lli.l3'.4d,

JSiisE ™- 10', paid by [the] Improp. [riator]
in lieu of Small Tyths ; [and] 1' ■ 13' ■ *i, by y" Crowu. At y time
of erecting y* old Chap, [el,] W^"" was very ancient, and built at y*
coutiues of y Towii, upon y East part of it, there were, accord.
[ing] to Tradition, hut seven houses, besides y« Manour House, in
y" said Chappelry. The Inhab. [itants] are uow encreaaed to 140
Familyea, an. [no] 1716, as set forth in a Petition to y" Bp. for
leave to Build a New Chap, [el] in y middle of y* Town, V^ was
granted, an.[no] 1717. Reg.[Uter] B.[ooi,'} i.

This Chappel) was new built and consecrated an. [no] 1721,
when it was Ordered y' y" acite of y* old Chap, [el] Yard, and
[the] ground whereon y« Chap.[cl] stood, sh'' goe to y* use of y
Minister, as well as y* scite of y* new Chap, [el] and Yard.
V.[ide] Reff.[Uler] B-look,] 4.

aom brick ediHw, with n Toner, nud whs built in IT70, by a subu-ription fimd o(
£61E, railed bj thirty-three subscriberB. The site wm changed at that time, but the
Titia being defeirtire, the Chapul waa oat Camuxratod. The Tower baa ainee been
nuied, and ia ornamented by a ipire. A Burinl ground hu been given b; F. Walpote
Seppel Eeq. ; and former impedimenta haviiig be«n remorod, Ihe Chapel was Conae-
crated bv the Lard Binhop uf &tancheater, on the 28tb of Doceinber 1848.

' Ledicatod to St. John tbe BaptUt. Valoe in 1834, £124. Regisler

1710.

The Manor of Filling wu granted by King John in tbe jear 1201 to the Abbej of
Oockeraand; and at the Dissolution of the Monaalerieg, part of the posaeasiona of the
Abb^ were loaaed bj the Crown to John and Robert Gardner of Pilling j and in the
86th Henry Till. Iher were granted to John Kitchen ot Hatfield in Herts. Eaq. and
afterwards of Filling Hall, whoao daughter convoyed them, by maniage, to Bobert
Dalton of Thumhnm. Franeca, duughtor of John Dalton of Thumham, who died in
tha jear 1777, trannferrcd Pilling, iu marriage, lo Humphrey TralTord of Oroatoa
Eaq. The proaent reputed Maneria! owners are, Edmund Hornby Esq. the o'
Filling Hall, John Qardiicr Eaq. and Daniel EUiotcon Esq. who arc alao Fntroni of
the Liring.

Tbe aneient Chapel ia now a ruin. It wsa in eiistunw in the yean 1G?7 Hid
16BB. "An Order of Arehbiehop Abbot upon n reference from the King tonoldng
the Tilhea of Fjiling within the Rectory of Qarstange, luid Ending of a Curate there.
Dated Nor, 30, 1621. Rr/,. Abbot, pari 3, fol, 106, a, b. MSS. Lamb." — Dui-arel'a

L.

414

^ttiui ffnttTtmsfik

' S^^ '^ '^ ^ Free School foanded by Rob.[ert] Carter, an. [no
fS^ l^lOj] ^°d endowed w*^ Land wortli ab* 17* p-[er] an.
[num ;] out of fT* 20* [is paid] to [tbe] Curate of Stalmine ; 20"
to [the] Poor of Stalmine and Preesall; [and] 20" to [the]
Tnutees.

V....xi.Si.% IRI^^^I fflRll»ft*il,> about 60i p.[er] an.[num,] ariong out of
"bJ^"*"" B1|^^ Small TythB, Easter Reck.[oning8,] and Surp.[lice]
K?""'!' !' bBPI^ Fees. There is an old House w*"*, w* Bam and Gar-
liii br vuif. | KfBtj?^frj | den, may be wortli 41, w* lease y" an Acre [Lancashire
— fl^l* measure] of Glebe belong, [ing] to it, [worth] 1'. The other ppo-

■Kimpnui. fitg ^gre for many years let for Sff p.[er] an.[num.]
p>p. '.'.*.'.','. (77 Improp. [riator] and Patron, Christchurch, Oxon.
^M2.'Mf?*' Value 40 marks: Patron, [the] Ab. [bey] of Vale Royall. MS.L.

Beptrtory. In 1650 the Chapel wu uid to bo eight milos from the Fuiih Chnicli,
■nd without B Hiniitor ; " but the ume ia Buppljed bj Mr. Lumleje, vbo hsth baen
■ileiiced for ■ererall miidemeanoun." The Inhnbitants were reiy num;, and hnmblj'
desired U> bsTe a Paruili, with a MinLster, and a guitable eDdowment for hjm. — Pari.
Inq. Lamb. lAbr. toL ii. The present Parochial Chapol standi naar tba Tillage^ and,
■ocording to Baioe*, " waa erected in 1717."

> Dedicated to St. Michael Value in 1S34, £921. Begiiter Book* begin in 1689.

Tho Manor of EirUiun was held bj Boger de Poictoa in the reign of William L
and wtu gnuitMl bj bim with the Church, to the Abbey of Sees, aa appurtenant to
the Priory of Lancaster. In the 7th Bichard I. the AdTowaon, with ita appnrt«-
nancea, waa held b; the Abbey of 88. Peter and Paul of Shrewabnry, which granted
it in that year to Theobald Walter, reeerring the annual penaion of twehe marka out
of the revenue of the Church. King John having the wardahip of Theobald Walter't
heir, gave two parta of the Church of Tfi'fch*"' to Simon Blond ; and, in hia flfteenth
year, granted the Chnioh to W. Gray, Chancellor, for life. Edward L afterwaida
claimed the Advowioti g bot hia right waa leaiatod by Sir Theobald le Botillor, who
demanded it aa hia inheritanoe^ but finally admitted that the Sing waa the Patron,
a{ip«rently in oonaeqaenoe of hning aaeroitMl the patronage. Edward L beatowed
it upon Ilia &voutite Abbpj of Vale Roj al in llie jrar 1281, n Bull having been ob-
tained for tliat purpose from ilonorius IV. (who occupiwl the Sw from 1286 to ISSS,
IherebBTing iiceu no Pojie UonoriiiaV. sa givim in (he trat, from (lie "Monaatioon,")
by Sir Otto do QrandMOD, the anbMi^or at Bomu. In liS8£ tbe King Inoorpo-

Scaners of 3lmannticrneffH.

415

Tlie Church of Kiicheau or Kyrcham, was giveu to the Priory
of Lancaster by y* Pounder. MS. £d.[or.] Dug. [dale's] Mon.
[aaticon^ v. 1, p. 566,

An. [no] 8Edw.[ard] 1, Theobald le Boteler quitted all claim
to y» Advowson of this Church to y^ King. Dods. [worth's] MS.

The Church of Kyrkhara was given by Edw.[ard] I, an. [no]
R.fegni] 9, to y« Abbey of Vale Eoyall, and Approp. [riated] by
Pope Honoriua 5.

An. [no] 1357, it was likewise Approp. [riated] to y" s^ Abbey
by John, Abp. of York, wlio Ordained y' y" Vicar should have 40
marks p.[er] an.[nuin] paid him by y" Convent, for w''' he sh''
bear all burdens ordinary and estraord.[inary.] MS. Eb.\ur.'\
Dugdale's M.\onasticon^ v. 1, p. I

This Town was Incorp'^ by y* name of y" Burgesses of Kirkham.
[A] Market and Fair [was] granted by Edw,[ard] 4. Reg.\i3ter\
Xtch. [wrcA.]

rated tho Tonn, although it nercr tras a rurliiuncntar; Borougb, and confirmed a
Orant for a Miirket and Fair, to be IieM bj the Abbot and Conrtnt uf Valu BojoJ,
within their Manor of Kirkham. This Uttar grant was afterwords ogiiiu confimied
b; Charter dated the 14th Edward IV. and by Letters Patent in the 2d and Qth
EUiabeth. Tha Church was valued at £160 in 1291, being the largeat LiTing m
the Archdeoconr; of Chester. Cardinal John Thoresby, Archbiihop of York and
Lord ChHaccUor, made a new Ordination of the Ticarage of Kirkham, dat«d Cawode
near Belb;, the 20th of NoTcmber 1357, and decreed that the Church should not be
■erred by a eecolar Vicar as hitherto, bat hy a member of the Monaator} of Vale
Bojal, who should have a Gicd and permanent salar;, as itatcd in the text. In 13S7
the Vicar of Kirkham obtained a pardon from the Duke of Lancaster for malndmin-
iitration in his office of Dean [Rural] of Ajnoundemcss. There was a Chantry in
the Church, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, in 1535.

On the Dissolution of Monasteries, the Manor and Advownou were granted bj
Henry VIII. to the Doan and Chapter of Christchurch College, Oxford, in which
Corporation they are stilt vested. The family of Clifton of Lytha
of the Manor.

The Church wsis partly rebuilt in the sixteentb century, as appears by tha arms and
name of Outhbert Clifton Esq. wbo died io the year 1580, still renmiuing carved in
•tone. In 1650 tho Patronoge was returned as being in Christchurch College, Oxford,
to which College the Tithes were appropriated, and then in Lease to Thomaa CllAon
Esq. a Papist delinquent, under an uucertsLa yearly rent to the College, riling or
Galling according to the price of com or grain sold in the market at Oxford. The

k

416 fijotiiiA Ce0tdnii»to.

CotDtu^* Towus 15, not including [the] Chap.[elry] of Goosnargh^

ham. Medlar cum Wesham, Oreenall cum Thistleton, Ecdeston
Par.[ya] cum Larbreck, 3 Singletons, ma[jor, min.[or, and]
Grange, Hambleton, Treils, [Treales,] Rosacre, and Whooles,
[Wharles,] Cliflon cum Salwick, Newton cum Scales, Freckleton,
Warton, Brynijig cum Kelamore, [Kellamergh,] Bigby ats Kibby
cum Wray, Westby cum Plumptons, Weeton cum Frees.

4 Churchwardens [are] chosen by y« Vicar and thirty men, who
represent y« Parish ; one yearly out of Treals or Weeton ; one out
of Clifton cum Salwick ; one out of Westby cum Plumpton ; [and]
the other out of the remaining Townships.

Particular of y« Townships in y« Wapentake of Amound.[er-
ness:] 14 TownsP* in Kirkham par.[ish,] viz. Kirkham, Bibby^
Wray, Compton and Walton houses, Warton, Freckleton, Westby,
Plumpton major, Plumpton minor, Weeton, Priests, [Prees,] Mer-
hope, and Smarthy Lake, Singleton major, Sing.[leton] minor.
Singleton Orange, Eccleston Par. [va,] Wells, [and] Larbreck.

Thistleton, Oreenhall, East-break, Comey-row, Medlar, West-
ham, Mobreak, Broadkirk, Treils, Rozcaker, and Wharles.

Tithes of Eodeston Parra cum Larbreck were in the possession of Pennington
Whalley Esq. in right of Margaret his wife, late widow of Cuthbert Clifton Qeot,
son and heir of the said Thomas Clifton, by assignment from the said Mr. Clifton,
some yean then in being, and worth £95. 16s. 8d. a year. There was a Yicamge
House and three roods of Land in Kirkham, and the proceeds were formerly worth
£80 per annum. Mr. Edward Fleetwood was the Minister, and the Inhabitants were
to lead him one hundred loads of turves yearly, by composition, and he had £50 a
year allowed by the Committee of Plundered Ministers. — JParl, Inq, Lamb, lAhr,
ToL iL Li 1822 the greater part of the Church was taken down, rebuilt and enlarged,
the old Tower and parts of the Chancel being undisturbed. In 1845 a Tower, with a
spire one hundred and fifty feet high, was added.

In the year 1694, Mr. Clcgg, the Vicar of Kirkham, receiTed from the Liring £60
a year ; in 1740, Mr. Dixon received £100 a year ; and in 1774, Mr. Shuttleworth
received £160 a year, exclusive of the rents of houses and glebe. — Mem. h^ Tkom4u
LamgUm qf Kirkham JEtq,

In the year 1814, the modus paid by the Parishioners for Small Tithes, amounted
to £250 a year; but in that year they were advanced, with the consent of the
Parishioners, to £1,000 ; and in 1888, a ftuther advance was made of £600, making
the present aggregate annual amount £1,600. — Baines*8 BiHory of Lamecukirt^
vol. iv. p. 885 Note.

Scjintrv of amounOrTtwiiit.

Clifton aud Sal wick.

Bryning and Kalemargh; Newton and Scales:
Chappelryes. Reg. \i3ler\ Xlck. [urck.]

Westby,' Prees,^ Middleton,* and Singleton.*

gSK nt 18 a School^ Free to y" whole Parish, Founded by Isabel 5'tliaol.
2^£i Birlcy, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and afterwards anew

In a Petition ptesonted bj Lord Stanley from the Parisliionera lo the House of
Commons on Mitj tLe ISth 1835, it vraa Btatexl thnt tbere sere aercnlecn Towiuliips
in tbu Farisb, with a population of tirelTe tbouund bouIs, scattered over an citent of
countrj nnnprohending ■ space of ono hundred and thirty wiles, not fovrer than eight
of these Townships being, at that time, without any means of religiona inelniction, —
and in ono liirertion, a space at twelve miles existing witbont tbu inttnention of any
place of public wort>hip whatever. A very much better Ecclesiastieal provision
eiiats at the present time.

' Westby was held hy William, son of Henry de Clifton, in the 20th EJward I.
and Wcatby Hall is now tho property of Thomas Clifton of Lylham Esq. The
hoose has undergone many alterations, and is occupied by a t'ormer ; adjacent to it is
an ancient Roman Catholic Chapel, now in nuna.

' Prces wns held under the Earl of Lincohi in tlie time of Henry III. by William
do Frees. The Manor was in the laraUy of the Skillicomes in the time of Uonry
Vin. who appear to have retained it until the serenteontb ecntury. Lucas relates
that the Manor House and somo outbuildings were burnt down in the year 1733, and
a loss sustained amoonting to £1,373, to repair which a Brief was granted. Prers
Hall is now the property of Hugh Hornby of Liverpool Esq.

' Middleton Uall was a seat of the ancient &unily of Singleton, dtmouded from
Alan de Singleton living in the time of King John. His dssoendants were here in
the lifteenth century ; and wore followed by the Bigbys, and, on the death of QenmBl
Higby, the Estate passed to the present owner, Townloy Kigby Shaw of Preston Esq.

* Singleton Hall, somctimce called Qingle Hall, in Whittingbam, was held by Tho-
mas Syngleton Oent. in the reign of Henry 11II. ; and the Estate was convsyed by
Anne, daughter and heiress of John Syngleton Esq. in the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
to WiUiom, SOD of Evan Wall of Prealon Esq. whose sou Anthony Wall Esq. inlM-
riled Singleton Uall, in right of his mother, in the year 1&67. His dmamdant,
Ifichotea Wall Esq, a Barrister, dying in 1753, without male issue, the Estate passed,
in 1777, with Anno, his daughlor and heiress, to Joshua Marriott of Busholmo Esq.
whose only child, Elisabeth, married in 1801, Thomas Holme Maude Esq.

* This School existed in the year 1686, and was vested in the " thirty men," who
appear to liave been an elective Town Council, in right of the whole Parish. From ■
MB. History of the School, referred to by Mr, Baines, it appears thai " Isabel Birley,
vrife ofThonuia Birley, bom in Kirkhnm, daughter of John Coulbron, an ale house

VOL. II.] 3 II

'^

418 jlAtftia eratrieiwis.

by Mr. }Ieii.[ry] Colbome^ of Lond.[oii, scrivener, a native of
Kirkham, and there educated in Lis youth,] by [a codicil to his]
Will dat.[cd 7th Aug.] an. [no] 1655, who gave to y" Chief Mas-
ter, 45' p.[er] an.[num;] to [the] second Master, 16' -lO; and to
an Usher, 8' p.[er] an.[nuni;] all paid by [the] Drapers' Comp.
[any,] Lond,[on,] who nominate y* Masters: v. [ide] Elect. [ion]
of a Master by Court of Assistants, W" a Bond to resign upon 6
months' warning, an. [no] 1701. Pap. Ref).

[The] Writings are in y^ hands of the Vicar and Balhffs.

The Second Master has 10' p.[er] an.[num] more, given by
(the Will of) Mr, Jaai.[es] Barker,e Clerk; and [the] Int.[erest]
of 55', given by Iaab.[el] Birley.

[The] Writings for Mr. Barker's Gift, (who was a native of
Kirkham,) are in y" hands of Trustees; who give alsoe 12' p.[er]
an,[num,] for maint. [aining] at [the] Uliiv. [ersity] one poor
Scholar, Born in this town, and sent from this School.

keeper all her Ufo, and vrbo, Ihrougli that Hmploymeot, att«incd to a good pcraomJ
Eatal«, being moved b; H Datural eompuHion to poor ehildreo, haviug got a good
stock of monej- into her h&nda, repaicud to the Chureh, iu 1G31, where the 30 mcD of
the Fsriiih being Bsaombled, with £30 in her apron, tuUing tbum tliat she had brought
that money to give towarda the erecting of a Fnw Sehool for poor children j wishing
them to take it as men cBpeciall; truated for the common bcneflta of the Church, and
therefore the moet likely penons to move their eeveml Townships to oontributc towaida
the accompliahment of so charitable a work. The object was especially promoted by
Mr. John Parker of Bradkirk, an eminent man in the Parish, aao of the Earl of
Derby'* Oeatlemen, and aomewhat allied to the anid Isabei He tracked all the
Pariah over to erery particular town and house, and whilst each Townahip contri-
buted, the principal donors were. Sir Cuthbcrt Clifton, who gave £20 ; Mr. Wostby
of Mouhrick, £10 ; Mr. Parker himself, £5 i Mr. Langtree of Scarbrick, £6 i Mr.
Hoaketh of Manor, 40a. i Mr. Arthur Grocnacrea, Vicar of Xirkham, £1, &c. In
1628 Bishop Bridgeman appointed Feoficee for the School, of which, a third were to
to be choBCn by the town of Kirkham, and two-thirdi by the Parishioncra, — of which
feoffees laalwl Wilding's busbaod, (she appears to bare married again,) nud her heira,
(because she gave £S0 for the Schoolmaster's use,) to bo ouo," The principal bene-
factor, howeier, wa4 the Ber. James Barker, who gave £500, with which, in 1673,
lands wore purchased at Nether Methop in the county of Weatmoreland, and sold,
under an Act of Parliament, in the 63d Oeorge IIL for £U,CiOO.

' Mr. Ilcnry Colborne required the Head Master of the School to preach monthly
■ Lecture in the Mother Church, or in some of the Chapels in the Parish. This role

Sranrrji of S^inounDrrnrsK. 419

Here ia a Charity School, fouiided about 1708 by Mr. John ^ctataii lum
Hornby of this TownsP, [by WiU dated 24th May 1707.] Tlie f^^^^ ^^^^
Master's Sal.[arT] is about 20' p.[er] an.[iiuin,] includiug his Rnipilal.
board. There are 10 Boyes and Girls clothed aiid maintained ;
and sev. [oral] other poor Children of y« s'' townsP have their Din-
ners upon all School Dayes, The Master is nominated by y"
Trustees " to teach the principles of the Protestant Rcligiou, to
read Prayers morning and evening to the Scholars, and to take
them every Sunday to Church."

Joh[n] Hornby [was] buried an. [no] 1707. [The] Profits of
[the] Land given to this use amount to 90* or 100' p.[er] an.
[num,] (1722.) [By a subsequent benefaction, the Income had
arisen in 1824, to about £500 a year. The whole gift amounted
to upwards of £2000.]

Hflten to [the] Poor of Kirkham by Mr. Colbom, 5' ■ 10* Cftartttrt.
p.[er] an. [num,] paid by [the] Drapers' Corop.[anyj] by
Mr. Barker, (besides his other Gifts to the School,) 5' p.[er] an.
[num,] and 3' p.[er] an.[nom] for a Dinner for his Trustees.

Mr. Colbom ordered, by his Will, the whole profits of y" Rec-
tory, (except 100' p.[er] an. [num] to his son,) for 16 years, to be
laid out for maintaining one or more Ministers, who, besides i

Preaching in y" Pariah, sh'' look after such School, or Schools, as ]

were provided by his Trustees out of yo profits of such Lands as
were purchased by y" out of y' income of y" Rectory. V.[ide]
Lease from Xtch.[tirch,'] an.[no] 1655.

WW obaerred I^ tlie Her. Zacbuj Tajlor, the Msater in 16B0, uid whow widow,

Abigail, (daugbter of Ward,) administcicd to hia eCerta, rI Clieater, on tbe 9tb

of Bcptembi^r 169B. — Mam. of BocMolt Gram. Seioot, p. 30, 1B45. Hb dkughtor
Eliiabctb, married, on the lOIh of Auguit 1689, Comdiiu LnngtoD of Kirkham fisq.;
and hii sou, tbe Ber. Znvbaiy Taylor M.A. Bector of CrostOD, married Barbara,
daugbMr of Sir Edward Stanlvy of Bicker>tafl% Bart.

* Tbe Bev. James Barker, Reclor of Tbrandeston in tbe county oF SulTolk, gare,
b; Will, £500, to found an Exhibition at Kirkham Sehool; but, with tbo aioeption
of a few small legacies to privale friends, tbi« apprars to be tbe only bequest mentioned
in fail Will, whii^h WIU dnk'd 1G70. The Eihibition is no» north iipvrBrda of £80

L.

420 itotttta ewttitnniB.

[In 1641, Richard Brown gave 20s. a year to the Poor. In
1657, Ellen Boulton gave £10. In 1658, John Boulton gave £40.
In 1664, Robert Whalley gave £1, 'instead of a Dole at his wife's
Burial," to the Poor. Mr. Richard Clegg,^ Vicar, gave £12 in
1670, for a Sermon to be preached on Easter Tuesday, and for
Loaves for the Poor. Mrs. Clegg, his widow, gave £20.]

<Sfiap.|}ar. n|g| ee^SNAHei^,! Certif.[ied] 19i.

flugm. hIb 18oOO<i, paid out of y« Tyths. The

F»m ancient Stipend was 3^-18*-0*^, of w^^ 2i-15»«4^ [was] paid by y*

[aboVoiiiitijeiL J Lessee for Oooscuargh, and li'2"«8<^ by [the] Lessee for Whit-
tingham; but some time after y« Restoration, the D.[ean] and
Chap.[tcr] of Xtch.[urch] obliged y« Lessee for Groosenargh to
pay y^ Curate 16^ p-[er] an.[num] more.

The Curate has no House, nor any Land but y« Chap, [el]
yard.

Tlic chief of [the] Inhab. [itants,] who are called the 24, pretend
sometimes to nominate y« Curate; but the Right is in the Vicar.

An. [no] 1611 there was an agreement made between the Inhab.

[itants] of Goosnargh and Whittingham conc.[eming] the share

each townsP should pay tow.[ards] the repair of y® church and

chanccll. Reff.[ister] B.[ook,'] 2, p. 89.

CotDnif,3. (loosn. [argh,] Whittingham, and Neusham. Goosenargh is

jKT annum, and i« applied to the maintcnauco of a poor Scholar in the University of
(•ambridgc or Oxford, bom at Kirkham, and educated in the School there.

^ A ridiculous epitaph on Mr. Harrison, a Nonconformist Minister, is attributed by
Baines to Mr. Clogg, the Vicar of Kirkham, (see Not, Cestr, toI. ii. p. 163, Note 9,)
" whoso animosity" the historian observes, " pursued his Puritanical fellow-labouver
beyond the grave.*' The fact appears to be that the doggrel in question was the
harmless efl[\ision of an obscure poet, and written in chalk, a few years since, on ft
grave-stone in the Church-yard.

1 Dedicated to St. Mary. Value in 1834^ £97. Registers at Kirkham.

Gusausarghe and Neuhousc, each contained one Carucate at the Conquest; and
passing through various owners, the former was in the possession of Sir William de
Cliflon in the 14th century, and Thomas dc Clifton, who died in the year 1442, aet-

Srantrs of amounSmwits.

421

divided into Six TytherycB, viz. Church Tythcry, Beesley, Kid-
mape, Longley, Aspinhurst, and Threlfull. Whittingham, into
Higher end, and Lower end; the Higher into two parts, Asley
and Cumbrat. [There are] 4 Churchw.fardens;] 2 to Goosen.
[argh] cum Newsham, [and] 2 for Whittingham.

S^^ n J* lower side of Goosenargh is a School, Founded (about ^c^oal.
\S& 1673,) by one [Thomas] ThrelfaU [of Whittingham,] who
endowed it w"" Lands, val. [ued at] about 7' p. [er] an. [num.]
taught in a dwelling-house purebased w"" money given by Tho.
[mas] Waring of Lond.[on,] for a Free School. Augmented
since with 25' p.[er] an. [num] given by Hen. [ry] Colbom of
Lond.[on, and] paid by [the] Comp.[any] of Drapera there; who
nominate y* Master, together v*^ y 24 of y" Chappelry of Goos-
nargb, on account of Threlfall's Gift. [Laurence Parkinson be-
queathed ,£20, in 1719.]

a torn to y« Poor by one Knowlea of Sowerby, (in 1686,) SO'' e^wttUi.
p.[er] an. [num.] ebarg'd upon Lands in Goosnargb; by
Wil.piam] Higham, 20« p.[er] an.[num,] to buy books for chil-

t\ed it on his sou Juuei ; and, in tlii: 9th Usnrf YIIl. William Cliflon Eaq. held the
aiith port of b knight's foe in Oaosnargh. Tho Township ii nov in aereraltica.

The Chnpelrr contains the hnmlets of Qooanargh, WhittiDghain, and Nswahonl)
Bad the Chapel ia o( considerable aotiquilj. Id (ha North Aisle is the Middleton
Choir, ID which ii an arch foe the founder's tonib, and thrw chorronulit, being the
arms of Singleton. There are also tlic initials of a Righj. A Ctiantr; was restored
here in 1553 i and, according to tradition, a second was ehurlljr anurnarde added.
In 1650 the Parochial Chap«lr; of Goonoargh was returned oa being ten miles ti
the Paris!) Church, without an; allowance, sbtb £60 per annum from tho Con
of Plundered Ministers, which was paid to Mr. Ingham, a dili^nt Minister there.
The Township was said to be Terj populous, and so tai remote from the Motbn
Church that tho Inhabitants desired their Chapelrf lo be made a distinet and sepa-
rate Parish. — Pari. Inq. Lamb. Libf. Dr. Whitakef deems the present edifice •
restoration of the reign of Hour; VIII. In 1716 it was repaired ; and on the lead of
the Tower, is this inscription ; " G-uliekous BTshell, Bectoc Eoclosir de Hejsham at
hujus Minister, 1715." It was enlarged in ITTSi and a Parsonage House haa been
built. Tho Incumbent La appointed bj the Dean anil Canons of Christ Chnrch,
Oiiotd.

422 itotitia et»tfcim»in.

dren taught in White-Chap, [el ;] by one [John] Parkinson^ [in
1676, Lands in Newsham, now worth] 4^ P-[er] an.[num^] to
bind out Apprentices; by Christ. [opher] Helme, 4* P«[cr] *n«
[num,] for poor householders ; by Laur.[ence] Parkinson, 2 closes,
[worth] 30 p.[er] an.[num,] and [the] Int.[erest] of 70^, to be
laid out in Com called Groats, yearly, for poor householders who
receive nothing from [the] Town. [ship;] and [the] Int.[erest] of
8tf to y« like poor Househ.[olders,] in Loaves, (viz. six penny
loaves every Sunday,) who come to Church, and for want of such
Poor to y« like Poor of "Whittingham ; 4i'5» p.[er] an.[num,] by
Tho. [William] Waring, (in 1691,) upon Lands in Whittingham^
41 of wci» to [be given to] poor Householders there, and 5* for a
Dinner for [the] Min.[ister] and Churchw. [ardens] who distri-
bute it; by Hen.[ry] Colborn, 5* p.[er] an.[num] to [the] Poor
of Goosenargh cu Neusham and Whittingham, p^ by [the] Dra-
pers' Company.

2l|IH8iSS'©N,i Certif.[ied] llLOS-.
<Kj:9ap.«iaT» ^^ ^ ^ -^^^^ ^^ Land containing 17

Acres, 81. 15».00d; [and the] Int. [ercst] of 50^, 21.10.

Certif.[ied] by [the] Curate an. [no] 1705, 5^ p.[er] an.[num,]
given by S*" Nich.[olas] Sherboum out of y« profits of a Windmill;
[there is] preaching there one Afternoon in 3 Sundays. Pap, Reg.

» Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Value in 183^1, £102. Begisten at
Kirkham.

The Manor of Hamclton appears to have boon given by King John to Gkdfirid, sur-
named Balistariiu, or L'Arbalastier, who devised it to hb grandson, Bobert de
Shyrebum by whom it was held in 45th Henry III. ; and it appears from the Testa
de NevUV^ that Geoffrey, ancestor of tho Shircbumes, held the Manor by the service
of two arbalasts, or cross-bows, whence his surname. In the 46th Henry III. the
Manor was held by John de Hacunesho, clearly a son of Robert de Shirebume.
In this family it continued until conveyed by marriage, with the heiress of the Sher-
bumes, to tho fiunily of Weld. The present Manorial owner is Joseph Weld of
Lulworth in the county of Dorset Esq. brother of Cardinal Weld.

The precise date of the foundation of the Chapel has escaped the notice of all the
local historians. It is placed in Sax ton's Map in 1577. In 1650 it was returned as

Bcanrrj! of atnounlimuBii. 423

This Cbappell was Consecrated aii.[no] 1567, and was stiled
" Hambleton, als Erableton, or our Lady's Chappell ;" and it was
ordered y' y* Faculty or Licence to Admin. [ister] y" Sacr. [ameut]
and Bury, should be read in the Chappell every 3 years. Reg.
\ister] B.look,^ 1, p. 403, B.[ook,} 2, p. 2SL

6 ra.[iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church; duly served by a Cu-
rate, wlio preaches and reads prayers every Sund.[ay,] Sacrament
daycs excepted. In [the] Act of Consecration [it is] said to be 7
m. [iles] from [the] Par. [ish] Church.

1^1 it Nicijolaa SftniJWrn gave, in 1706, £% per annum to the Cljaritj.

being ten miles from Kirkbnm Churrh, and diiidcd from it bj the Riyei Wjtp. Tho
Inhabitantu dmired that their Chapclry might b« made a Parish, and have the Town-
ship of Rsncliffe Boneied to it, being one mile diatuat. The odIj certaia codowmeut
waa £5 a year paid to tha Minister by Rithard Sherbiinie Esq. Lord of the Afanor,
and £40 a year from the Committee of Plundered Hiniaten, Thocu appears to bare
been do lucumbent at the time of the Sujvbj. — Pari. Inq. Lamb, Li&r. The Chapel,
whieh ii of brick, was rebiiUt in 1749, and enlarged in 1768.
The Vicar of Kirkbam appoints tbc Curate.

> Dedicated to St. Anne. Value in 1S34, £110.

The Manor of Qreat Singleton always appears to have been in the Crown, and was
sold by James I. in the year 1633, to Edward JBadbie, and William Welden of Lon-
don. Li the last century it had become Tested in the family of Fanshaw, from whom
it passed to that of Cuuliffo Shaw Esq. It wae sold by Williiim CunlilTe Shaw of
Singleton Lodge Esq. to Joaeph Hornby of Ribby Hall Esq. father of Hugh Hornby
Esq. tho late Manerial owner, and Patron of the Living, who died in October ISIQ.

A Chape!, dedicated to St. Mary, existed in Syngelton is the lOth year of the
Duchy, i.i). 1387. The present foundation is " beliered to be prior to the Reforms-
tion," — Bainea, p. 403. It ia said to haTe been a Boman Catholic placu of Wonlup
until the beginning of the last century, when, according to Biomaniat authority, "it
waa forcibly seized by the Protestaata." — Andrews' Orthodox Joufnal, yol. i, a. 4S.
This statement is considered to be "entiruly rebutted" by the lact of the Rev. Cuth-
bort Harrison having been ordained to the Cliapel in tho year 1651, and ejected from

fijotttUi entnnwin.

^R KNO,' Certif.[ied] 06l.l8*-044, viz,
Sg from Land, 5l-18'-44; Int.[epeet] ol
money, 1'; paid by S' H,[enry] Houghton, 4J-8'-0*, part of his
Sister's portion. Ceri\f.{icate] of the Vicar, an.[no] 1733.

[Thomas Smith bequeathed, in 1685, £20, the interest of whicl
to be given " to a lawful Minister at Lund Chapel ;" Alice Kan-
kinson bequeathed, in 1690, 40b. ; and in 1680, Alice Clitberal
bequeathed £5, which, with Dickson's £30, were invested ii
Land in 1693.]

8m.[ileB] from [the] Par.[ish] Church, [and] served by [the|
Head-Master of Kirkham School, who preaches and reads prayen
every Sunday, Sacrament dayes excepted.

it in 1662 : but it is Mimeirhat remarlutble Itut Bialiop Osstrell doce not notire it ft
ono of the dependeDciei ofKirklism. la tbo Parliamentary Inquisttion of 1650 i
was stated that Singleton Chapel waa newly cm'ted, and (but the Inh&bitauts desire
that it might be mads a Pariah, and they hsTO a itcttlod Minister there vitb a compe
tent allowanoe, a* they had neither one nor the other, although they nere aercD mile
from the Pariuli Church, and conabted of one hundred and forty &miliee. — Pari, /n^
Lamb. Libr.

Singleton Chapel vas rebuilt by Joaeph Hombj Eiq. in the year 1509, and th
irindowB contain some haudaome atained glaaa.

' Dedicated to St. John the ETongeUat. Value in IS^i, £192. Begiiters a
Xirkbam.

Lund Chapel stands in a lonely port of the Township of Clifton cum Salwick, ani
Tras an antient Chantry. In the 8th Henij VIII. upon settling the Estalee of Mi
QiAon, the Chantry of the Chapel of Lund, and the Advowson or Donation tbereol
ma bcluded in the settlement. In the 9th Henry VIII. a chief rent was payabl
out of the Chantry of Lund ; and one Cubban was a tenant. In the t!4th Henr
VIIL a rocorery of the Doualion of Lund Chantry was suffered) and in the \t
Edwwd VL it was seiied into the King's hands. On the 19th of February in the 3<
Jamn, in oonaideration of £20, paid by Sir Cuthbert Holaall of Ilolsall to Thoma
Cliflon, (who married Anne, daughter and coheiress of Sir Cuthbert Halsall, reprosen
tatire of Eliaabeth, aole hmreae of Cuthbert Cliflon of Clifton Esq.) it was granted
with certain lands and tensmenta, by the King's Letters Patent, to Messrs. Broom
knd Knight, in fee, who conveyed the same to Sir Cuthbert HalsalL Front this time
(he Chautry Chapel was considered to belong to the Cliftoos of Clifton, being nere
nsed by any othen, except dnring the Commontreftlth, when the family wer
"bauiished for their )oji)tj." Abont the year 1687 Sir Thomas Clifton Bart, wa

Otantts of SlmauntrmwM. 435

^^ O^m ©itftflon, by Will dated the 9tli of May 1682, gave CijarftUtf.
^SS ^GO, to be invested in Land, and half the rents to go to a
Minister "legally authorized to teach and preach in the Chapel of
Lund, according to the Church of England ;" and the other moiety
to a Schoolmaster, to teach a School at Clifton. Elizabeth Cli-
therall gave, in 1675, £5 to the Poor of Clifton, Newton cum
Scales, and Frcckleton.

under conviction and restraint on account of Oafcs' Plot j &nd the opportunity wns
said to Lace been taken bj certain individuoU to demand the ke; of the Cbspel of the
tonantB of the Manor of CliftoD, who wore cliieBj Roman Catholic*, "and, as thoM
tjmcB went, tjable to trouble," and who, therefore, smrDndered it. A Preacher was
Bcnordingly appointed, and contiouad to be maintained by yoluutarj contributions.^
Ciiflon Evidmicts. Lane. MSS. Notwithstanding this itatemmt, the Bev. Rioliard
^^ggi Ticar of Kirkham, claimed this aa a Chapel of Ease to Kirkham, and nominated
Mr. Thomna Byloy to the Curacy, who does not appear to haro been Li:«nsed b; the
Biahop, nor was it clear that the Chapel bad eier been Cotuucnited. As the Vicare of
Kirkham continued to excrciae the Patronage, it ia probable that Mr. Ctegg substan-
tiatod his claim, which was resisted b; the Cliftons, and also as the following note
will prove, by the Biahop of Cheater : — " 1687, Sep. 14. Mr. Clegg, (Vicar of Kirk-
ham,) brought Mr. Dean's Letter and the Subdean with him, to claim Load Chapel,
DOW possessed bj Sir Thomas Clifton, and acknowledged by all to stand on his ground ;
but coulil make out no shadow of title to it, and bo was dismissed by me." — Bishop
Cartwright'a Diary, p. 78. In 1660 it was returned as being four miles from the
Parish Church, and had only jt!40 par annum allowed for a Minister by the Com-
mittee of Plnnderod Ministers, which was received by Joseph Harrison, a godly,
diligent, and painful Pastor, who, in 1648, had 50s. a year for life settled upon him
by the Inhabitants, and the reversion to "a preaching Minister at Lund;" and if
there should be a vacancy the Trustees named were " to hiro a Minister to preach
at the said Chapel." Cabuny says Mr. Joseph Harrison, "the Minister of Lnn
Chapel," who died in 1664, was "fixed in a dark cumer, where he was wonderfully
followed, and very aseful"— Vol iL p. 367.

In the year 16B8 Matthew Uall, Churchwarden, had an infonnation laid against
him before the Bishop of Chester, for setting up "a scandalous trough" for a Font,
at Lund Chapel ; which is said to have been a veritable Roman Altar, and the honest
Warden to hoTe had very loose notions on " the peril of Idolatry."

The Chapel was almost entirely rebuilt, of atone, in 1825. The Curate is now
nominated by Christ Chureb, Oxford.

Cliflon cum Salwick, and Newton cum Sealcs, were constituted a District Parish in
1840, under the let and M Victoria, cop. 106 ; and tho Tithes of thaao Townships
have since been conveyed to the Xdving of Lund, which is tboruby increased lo the
annual value of £3iZ.

VOL. II. J 3 I

426 fijotitUL etnMtnnin.

)WBf]S¥>^ OR RiBBY CUM Wbay. The

Chappell was built at y« espence of y«
Inhab. [itants ;] and 'tis intended y* [the School] Master sW
Ofl&ciate there till some Endowm* can be procured. Certtf.[ied]
an.[no] 1724.

tt^nnli. ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ building ab^ 25 yards long^ and 7 broad^ one
^^ end of it, containing about 11 y.[ards] in length, is seated
for a School, w*^ rooms over it for a Master. The other part,
about 14 y. [ards] long, is separated from y« School by a Brick
wall, and intended for a Chap, [el] of Ease. The School was built
w**» money left by [the] Will of one [Nicholas] Sharpies, [dated
10th Sept. 1716,] w*^ w«^ was purchased 31^ p.[er] an.[num] in
Land; and y« Sch.[ool] being now built w*^ y« Income, 2ti^ or 25>
p.[er] an.[num] is designed for a Master, and y® rest for y« use of
y« School.

Here is another School,^ Free to this TownsP, Founded by Jam.

* Dedicated to St. Nicholas. Value in 1834, £7G. Registers at Kirkham.

At the Domesday Survey, Bigbi contained six carucatcs, which were given to Boger
de Poictou, who gave the Tithes here to the Priory of Lancaster ; which gift was
confirmed by John, Earl of Morton. In the 3d John, Adam de Wra, and G(erard
his brother, paid two marks to the King, that the Sheriif might not unjustly yex them
for the tenement which they held. Ilenry III. gave the Manor to Edmund, Earl of
Lancaster; and John of Ghkimt afterwards held the Manors of Biggeby and Wra.
The Manor was in the possession of Hugh Hornby of Bibby Hall Esq. at his death
in October 1849.

In the year 1650 the Inhabitants of Bigby cum Wray, Warton, Kellamore cam
Bryning, Westby and Plumpton, fiur from their Parish Church, and near Bigby cum
Wray, were willing to contribute towards the erecting of a Chapel there. They all
desired to be united and made a Parish, and to have a Mimstor constantly maintained
there. £50 a year had already been allowed for that purpose by the Committee of
Plundered Ministers. Elswick was recommended to be made a distinct Parish, with
additions to its extent. — Pari, Inq. Lamb. lAbr, vol. ii.

The Chapel b situated at Bibby, near Wray Qreeu, and was built about the year
1715, although not Consecrated until 1757. It was rebuilt in 1847. The Vicar of
Kirkham appoints the Curate.

' Bishop Gbstrell does not appear to have been informed that these two Benefac-

ISraners of SraounDctncBS.

427

[cs] Thislcton [of Wrca,] by Will [dated 10th Jan.] an.[Do]
1693-4. Sal.[ary] of [the] Master is under IQi p.[cr] an.[niun,]
who is nominated by y" Trustees. Vide Nom.\inaiion] 1698, by
[the] Exec.[aiors] of the Founder, ^c. Pap. Reg.

A considerable sum [€850, was] lately given for Founding a
new School here, [but] not yet particularly known. Certif.[ied]
an.[fto] 1722. V.[ide] Sharpies, ahovc.

^^^ flJi2r®N,' newly erected, not Conae-
SegB crated or Endowed, an. [no] 1722.
Augmented an. [no] 1724, w"" 200', given by Mr. Peplo,' Vic.
[ar] of Preston, and others.

|^3i?J2ris=e»a¥.[H,]' within auBtn.

SEJ® GOOSENARHH, AL's ThRELFALL ChAP.

[kl.] Certif.[ied] that nothing at all belongs to it, and is served
now and then only, out of charity, at y' request of y* people,

tioiu were aoited in the oetabluhmciit and support of ono School, which it etill pari.
of ths Cbapol, according to the dmcriptioa in the text,

' Dedicated to St. Poul. Vulne b 1831, £88. Hogiaters at Kirkham.

Worton — the Wartun of Dometdag — vra* licid in the time of King John, hy
Thomiu di> Betham of Botbam in WcBtmoroland, whoso deeceuduit and rcproaenta-
tire, Ann, daughter and hoircBS of lUtger Betham, marriod, in the reign of Richard
III. Sir Robert Middloton of Lcighton, and convejcd the Estatoi to hia fiunilj. In
the 7th Honry VIII, the Manor waa held by Richard Singhrton of Broughton, and
Joanna Standuh. The Earl of Derb; in the pnient Uanurial owner, and hold* hia
Court here.

The Chapal, witb a white-wasbvd Toner and exterior, waa oonacoratvd in the jear
172B. The Dean and Canons of Cbriel Church, Oxford, nominate llie Incnmbent.
A district Tarisli was formed iu 1846.

* For aomo account of Mr. Peploe, aftcrwarda Bisbop of Cbe«[cr, see the Life of
BiMkep OoMtrtU.

L

r

428 ^otitia Ccstriciisia.

10 m.[aes] from [the] Par.[i9h] Church.

200' [was] subscribed by Mr. [William] Biisbell,^ Curate of
Goosenargh, and [the] Inhab. [itants,] tow.[ards] the augment,
[ation,] and accepted by [the] Gov. [crnors] of [the] Q, [uecn]'8
Bounty, an.[no] 1717.

, ^^^ tXt is a School in y" Higher side of Gooaenargh taught in
^^! y* White Chap, [el,] endowed [in 1705,] first, by one Will,
[iam] Lancaster of Goosnargh, v'-^ [the] Int.[ercst] of 40'; .and
since augment. [ed] by Will. [iam] Higham of GoosD.[argh,] w**"
[the] Int.[erest] of 60', [by WQl dated 17th Feb. 1713.]

[The] Master [is] nominated by [the] Exec" of Lancaster and
Higham.

Chapi'lrj of Threlfall within Oooanargli, degired to bo made a PwisL, ss thoy con^
Dieted of four score families, and were three miles distaDl from Qoosnargh Chapel.
Their Chapel had no endowmeut ; but £&0 a yeac nac allowed to Mr. Sherburne,
thoit Curate, bj' the Cominittee of Plundered Aliniaten. — Pari. I»q. Lamb, libr.

The Chapel wu enlarged in the -jtia ITIG. In 184G it was con^tiluted a distrirt
Parish, and the Patronage tranafortPd from the Vicar of Kirkham to the Dean and
Chapter of Chriet Church, Oiford.

' The RiTT. William Bushcll was the Bccond, but eldest surviving eon, of the H<?t.
Beth Buabell D.D. Vicnr of Lancaster. He was Incumbent of Goosnargh in 1715 —
1721, aUo Rector of Hcyshsm, aod father of William Biuhcll Esq. M.D. tho Founder
of Goosnargh IIoapitaL This latter public benefactor, bj Will dated tho 3l9t of Maj
1735, m ease Ms daughter, Elliabeth Bushcll, should die under llie age of twenty-one
;ean, without issue, devised all his real Estate, cicppt Lands in Hey^bam, to William
Atherton, and tive other*, in Trust, to build and endow au Hospital in Ooosnargb,
(whoTD ha thou resided,) for the maintenance and support of decayed Gentlemen and
Oenllewomen, being Protestants, and inhabitants of Frcstoo, Euiton, Qooaoargb,
Whittingluim, Fulwood, and Klston, in the county of Lancaster, with power to moke
rules and orders for the OovenuncDt of the Hospital.

The Founder died on the 7th, and was buried at Leylond on the 10th of Juno
1735; and the daughter died a minor in 1746. Tlio Income, wliich, in 1S24, was
£855. 8b. 6d. oiuluaiva of tho Hospital and Land belonging to it, ia now about
£1,500 per annum, with a prospect of a considerable increase. There were at that
time thirteen alms-people ia the house ; aod the number is now twenty-six. This ia
one of the finest foundations in tho county: tho Hospital baa tho agipearanoe of a
gentleman's mansion ; and the elegant and simple bospilality of refined life is conspi-
cuous iu all (he arrongemcnts.

23ciinn» of amounDmwBtt.

JlNeaSSTEK,' about 2001 p.fer] an. [num.] This-^
Church was endowed by Joan North, Abbesse of Syon, ,
an. [no] 1430. s,

An. [no] 1430, it was ordained by [the] Archd.[ea-^
con] of Richm.[ond] y' y^ Vicar sh'' be presented to iiim by [the]
Ab. [bess] and Convent of Syon ; that he should have all the Tyths
of Com in the fields of Lane, [aster] only, and the Tyths of all
Garbs of Thymom and Greaaamer, and also of Rigby, Wra, and
Baggerburgh vr^in the Par.psh] of Lane, [aster,] w"" all oblations,

I Dedicated to St. Marj. Value ia 1B34^ £1,709. Scgisters begin in 1599.

LancHsler whs a Romou etntion of tbo first order, and the number of Itomaii anti-
quities fouDiI bcre removes all doubt on tbo subject, whiUt the termination caittr,
giien by the Saioua to towna where the Romans had filed their stations, tcnea to
coafirm the iact, Lone-castor, or tlio Castle on the Lone, was the oamc given during
the Heptarchy, lo this town, in thi- same viaj that Bibbleohester, or the Castle on
tho Eibblc, was the dcaignalion of Ribcheater, In the Library of Brasenose College,
is a cop; of Lyndwood's ProviadaU, printed at Antwerp in 1526, formerly belonging
to William Fli«twood of Fentrortham, Serjeunt-at-Law, in whoso hand ia the follow-
ing memomndam, written in 1582 : — " He that made the Commentaries upon this
Book was William Lyndowoode, bom in tho Dale of Uilaine, now failed Laadeadak,
in the County Pol. of Lancaster, who, upon the mother's side, waa doaoended of the
family of Tunatalls of Thorlaud Csillc, within Londesdale aforesaid. He was great
uncle unto Cnthbert Tunstall, late Bisbop of Duresme," and was mode Bishop of St.
DaTid's in 1485. — Archdeacon Churton's Life of Dean Nmeell, Note, p. 306. On
this Note, Dr. Thomas D. Whitakcr rcmarka, especially with rcspuet to MUaine,—
"Thia is eiplained by a passage in Fleetwood's HUtoiy of ihe Dvchg of Lancatter,
{MS. pen^a me,} a work as full of louning as it is devoid of good scnso — 'Lancaster,
the which by Ptolomy, in his Tables, is called Mediohinum ■' and, ' forasmuch as the
said Castle wm situate in the middle of the River Lone, therefore did Ptolomy set it
dovrn by the name of Mediolanum.' "

" It has usoolly been understood that Lyndwood vros bom at a ploea of that name
in Lincolnshire ; bat Fleetwood's teatimony is at once so positive and circumstantial,
that it must, in my opinion, be allowed to preponderate." — WhitaVer'a MS. Sotei on
the Proof Sheets of Archdeacon Churton's Life ef Dean Noiceli, in tbo possession of
the Bcv. Robert NoweU Whitaker M.A. Ticor of Wlmllcy. 1849. Dr. Whilaker
has referred to Fleetwood's MS. in his Hufoty of Sic/tmondsMre, vol. ii. p. 218,

The NoraiMts found LancMtat in decay, the aocieDt cit^ roducod lo a village.

r430 flotitia (ETcslrienfiis. 1

&c. ; as also all mortuaryes and tyths of Wool, Lamb, Calves, But-
termilk, and Cheese, of all [tlic] Inliab.[itants] w'*in Wyresdale
and Blcssedalc; and the Tyths of Pigg, Flax, Hemp, Pidgeons,
Apples, Hay, and of the Mills of y" whole Parish, and Tyth of
Agistments in Toxteth, Croxtath, and Symondwodc; with all
Small and mist Tyths of y^ Chappclrycs of Overton, Stalmyn,
Catun, and Gressingham, &c. MS. Eb.[or.'\

Some words in y^ endowment of y" Vicaridge are, —

" Inveniat Vicarius et sustentet ses Capellauos quorum tres in

and the Koniftii cnatrum little bettor tlian a ruio, William the Conqueror conferred
tlio Monor, at that thaa n Till, incloecd in the superior Manor of Hsltoa, on Kogcr de
Poiclou, vho founded or enlarged the present Coatle, acd made it hii eliief Baronial
reflidciioe. Surrounded by a fertile country, on the banks of a navigable river, and
(wbot KDs alnaya a principal objvot in choosiug tliL' siten of great Castle^,} eommaml*
ing a widely extended view of hii own new domains, tlio Norman chief miut hare
been atruek b; a green and sbnpol; IcBoll, begirt oven then b; the conspieuons remains
of Bomsii fortifications, iooluding the reliea of a Saxon Cburoh, wbioh would afford
ample iziaforials for his projected work. Out of those, miqucstionablj, and on the
very crovm of tho hill, the mass; Tower, which now seems to look down with scorn
on the pun; mimicries of modem art, was flmt reared in a ■tj'le of Boliditj which
emulates tho duration even of Boman maaonrj. Camden says the British nune of
the tawn was "Caerwcrid," or the green City, fi-om tho green knoll on which it is
built i and this ancient name he considers to be preserved in tho Wery-wall, a very
curious remain of orchitecturo below the Chnroh.

The repeated defections of Roger de Poictou, tho firet Baron of Lancaster, lost him
thu favour of tho Crown, and with it his possession of the Castle of Lancaster, and also
his lands betvcon the Mersey and the Bibblu. These lands were canferred by Henry I.
on Banulf, the third Earl of Chester, and passed through the poesesaiou of the Earls of
Chester, and afterwards of their roproaantatives, the Ferrers' Earls of Derby, until
the attainder of Robert do Ferrers, Earl of Derby, iu the year 12S6 ; when his i^oufis-
oatad hmds between tho Eibblo and Mersey were united with the Honor of Laneaatcr,
and given by Honry III. to hia yonngoat son, Edmund Crouchback, tho flrat Earl of
Lancaster. Henry, tho grandaon of the Earl, was advanced by Edward III. on tho
Gth of March 1351, to the title and dignity of Duke of Lancaster, with power granted
by tho King, in L363, (« have a Chancery in tho County of Lancaster, with all the
rights, privileges, and regalities of a Palatinate. Dying without male issue, bis
daoghter, and crontiully sole hou-eas, Blanch, married John of Oaunt, Encl of Rich-
mond, fourth son of Edward TTI. uid conveyed to him her eitcnsive territorial pes-
soasionB ; and he dying in 13118, woa sucnedod by his only sarviving son, Henry
Flantagonet, Earl of BoUngbroke, who, in the following year, Imving dcj)Oeed his cou-
sin, Bicbard 11. ascended Iho English throDo as Uonry IV. ; and, from thai time to

fflftincri? of aniounDfrnrflB. 431

EcclesiA de Lane, ct alii trcs, iinus in cap. dc Gressiiigliam, alius
in cnp. de Catou, et tertius in cap. de Stalmyn, aumptibus et
expensis dicti Vicarii Diviua celebrabunt." V.[ide] Pap. Reg.
V.[ide] Reg. Bowel, f. 53, i^c. Ereciio, ^-c. Vicar.

An, [no] , an Order [was granted] to remove an Inscription

over the Communion Tabic. Reff.[ister] B.look,] 3, p. 187.

An.[no] 1431, [the] Vic.[ar was] pres.[ented] by [the] Ab-
bease of St. Mary and St. Bridgett of Syon, [of the] Ord.fer] of
St. Aug. [us tine.] Reg. Bowel, f. 55.

tho ppesent, tho Duchy of Lancnster Uas been associated with llio Kegal dignity. —
WHtskor'a Sinl. of BichmotuUiire, toI. ii. p. 216; Baiaca'a BM. of LaHcathin,
ToLiT.; Qregaon't Fragmenli of Laaca^hirf,

Roger de Poictou gave the Church of 3t. Mary of Lancaatcr, in the year 1094, to
Qod and St, Martin of S»a in Normiuidy, with vnriaus other AdTovBOiu and luida <
and also amply endowed tho Priory of Bt. Mary of Loncaator.

The ChoToh of Lancaster baying tho priTilcga of Sanctuary, waa appropriated to
the Priory, by the Licenno of John Romnuus, Archdeacon of Biohmond, dated at
Torli, the 3d of Mnri-li 1216, (and not 1266, u given by Bainrs, p. 516 ;) and in 1S91
the Cliurch was yalueii al £8().

Od the Bupi>rcsaion of tlio Alien Priories by the Parliament of Leiceatcr in tlie 3d
Henry V. 141*, tlii' Priory of Lancaatcc wob rosumed by the Crown ; and early in tho
folloHCDg reign, Thomas, [Longli^,] Bishop of Durham, and John, fWakering,]
Biihop of Sorwich, who buld it a« 'XruituM of tho Uti- King, assigned it to the
Abbess and Uonvont of Sion, whoso house his Majesty hod founded. The ansignment
was made by License of Henry TI. and confirmed by authority of Psjliamont in
1432.

John, [Kempe,] Archbishop of York, by on Act dated tho lat of Scptombor 1428,
foqnostorod tho gooils of tho Priory of Laooastor, ponding a Contrororsy between the
Abbcea of Sion and Henry Bowet, Archdeacon of Kichmond, as to the Tithes whirh
had accrued since the death of Qile« Lovsll, the last Prior. The result is given in the
text, but tuts not bum noticed by any of tho Histariaos of the Pariah of Lanrosti.'r,
although Ducarol refers to the original Doed of Ordination of the Vicomgo, dated
Loudon, 9th of February 1430, in tho Augmentation OtHoe, Jfiie. Chart, s. 1 ; anil
to a Copy in tlia Bcgistry of the ConHniaaary of BJchniOnd. — Xolai. fol, 10, c. The
Adiowson fell to the Crown on tho Diasolution of the Abbey of Sion, and being shortly
afturwards alienated, waa, allur some iatennediato couTOjaniUB, in tho beginning of
the aerentecuth century, tested in the family of Toulson. In tho next century, it
bad passed to the Martons, tho Rev. Oliver Unrtoii being institutwl to tho Living in
1767 1 and Qcorgc Marton of Capouwray llull Esq. M.P. hii dcsoondoDt, is the
prcsont Patron.

Thsre wore two Chantries in this Church in tho year 1585,

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432 jitotitia ffcstriensts.

An. [no] 1472, John Gardiner gave 5' p.[er] an.[num,] to be p^
from Newton Mill for a Chaplain to worship for ever at y" Altar
of St. Thomas of Canterbury, in y par.[ish] Church of St. Mary
of Lancaster, V.[ide] IFil! [in] New Reg.

The farthest part of this Parish where the Vicar receives his
dues lyes v'^^'m a mile of Preston, {W=^ is 20 m.[iles] from Lane.)
[aster,] to y" Vicar of which place the Vicar of Lane, [aster] payes
3' -4^ p. [or] an.[num,] that being (as it is supposed) an acknow-
ledgment for y* care he may take of that part.

Mem. the Vicar of Lancaster shall pay every year to y" OflGcers
of [the] Archd. [eacon] of Richm'' 6' ■8'*, pro espensis suis, &c.
in&a Dec. Amound. singulis capitlis bis in anno. Old. Reg. 00.

In tlip joar 1553 Robert MacicroU «aa the Cliantrj Prisst of tancaatBr no«piIal,
and hud a stipend of it' iui' ii"". Thia is probnblj the Cliantry bore alluded to bj
BUbop QuBtroll, Bad s&id bj Boines to have been founded in 1465, bj John Orardjaei
of Bnilrig, for the support of (our poor persona, as well as for the stated cclebntioD
of DiTiae ofBcos in thu Pariah Church. The Founder appears to hare made his Will
in 1472, and to havo died about tlio jear 1184. In the tim6 of Bicbard 111. Nieholaa
Gardjner, the Eiocutor of Joho Qordjner, had a Licence to found a Chantrj in our
Lady's Church of Lancaster, and (o mortiao lands there. Prajors are still read on
Wedncadajs and Fridays, according to the charitable intentioDS expressed in the
Founder's WilL —See Qaedtkeii'b HofiPiTii.

In tbo joar 1650 Lancatter was returned ns a Vicarage, in the gift of Qcorge
rWwoB Gent, [called bj Dr. Whitater, Tomiiiuini, and by Bainee, Toicliniim, but
spolt TovUon by the family.] The Titbea were impropriated to Sir Rol>ert Bindloas
Bart, and farmod at £510 a year. There nero twcnty-acvon acres of Olebe, near the
Church, wilbb the town. The Tiths of Com and Groin in Lancaster, Thumham
cum Olaaton, Baldsbury, and Slidgham in Myerscough, with Wool and Lamb, &c. in
most of the said Pariah, wore estimated at £280 per annum. Mr. Wilham Marshall
H.A. was tho Ticar, and a humble and faithful Minister of Jesus Christ ; but as the
Patron, in 1650, was ono of the Inquisitars, ho was doubtless no Churchman, ospe-
ciallj as Mr. Auguatino Wildbore had been depriTsd of tho Vioarogo bj an Order of
the House of Commons, in October 1643. — Pari, Inq. Lamb. JUbr,

In the 6th George IV. Sess. 1824, on Act of ParUamcut was obtained to commute
for B Com Rent, tbe Great Tithes, Small Tithes, and Easter OITcriugB of thu Parish
of Lancssler, to produec annually £1,358, hable to be increased and raried according
to the Market prioo of Wheat, but not to be diminiBhed below that sum.

Tho architecture of tbe Church is late Porpcniiioular, and probably the work of
tbe Nuus of Sioii, in the fifteenth century. The Toner was erected in the year 176i).
Tho St»Ua in the Chancel, of elaborately carted ook, bare long attracted the notice of

Srancrs of 9ini>unOcnu9». 433

An.[no] 1575, Will.[iara] Layburn^ Gent, presented to this
Vic.[aragc.J Iitsl.[itulion] B. [ooA,] 1. Pap. B.look,] p. 7,

An.[uo] 1631, the King presented. B.[ook,'] 3, p. 91. The
same Vicar was presented by Tiio.[ma8] Farington Gent, as true
Patron. U. p. 116.

An, [no] 1682, Geo.[rge] Toiilson of Stockes, Yorkah. [ire,] pre-
sented as Patron, plena jure. lb. p. 155.

An.[uo] 1714, Rob.[ert] Gibson was adjudged Patron upon a
Jure Patron at.

An.[no] 1716, Mrs. Abigail Rigby left [the] Int.[erest] of 100',
to such person as should preach once in six weeks, and Admin.
[ister] the Sacrm' accord, [ing] to [the] use of [the] Ch.[urch]
of Eng.[land,] 3 times a year, to y" Poor Prisoners in y Castle.

There are 9 Churchwardens, besides y* 6 Chap. [el] wardens: I
1 for Lancaster; 1 for Skerton; 1 for Poolton, Bare, and Torris-

tho curious aa splendid «pceimeua of OQcient art, and are traditionally said to liBTe
bcni brought &om Coekcraaod Abbej. A fine Kaat WidJow, of stained glai»H, wu
erected in 1847. Thti privilege of Sanftnsrj was Bbolisbed here in 1603, bj autho-
ritj of Parliament.

Dr, James FeutoD, Vicar of Lgucaster, in a lutter (dated Fob. 2d 1716,) addressed
to Bishop QastniU, thon nt Oxford, bsjib, "The beat at'count I can give jou of this
Foriih ia a TOr; imperfect ouo. Wbi>D the Church wan built I know oot ; but in
1430 there were, I suppose, do more than three Chapels of Ease belonging to it, rit.
SlAlmin, OreRsingliam, and Catoii ; but wliun the three other Chapela were erected,
or consoeratuil, 1 cannot inform myself. It's almost impossible to tell w' eit«iit j'
Parish is of, becanae it's tot; often cut oiT bj inlfijaccnt Fariabes. The farthest
port of it, where I receive any Dues, lye w'^in a mile of Preston ; to the Vicar of w^'
1 pay 3* i' per an. j' being, as I imagine, on acknowledgment of his core of y' Part.
The Season why some of tliu Chapells ore so for from the Motlier Church, ia became
there are some other Parisbea between th«m ancl it. On the Soutb, Coekerham
Pariah lye between Lancaat' and Stolmin. Ou the North, all Halton Pariah ia be-
tween Gressinghum and iie. On the East, part of Coekerham Pariah strikes in again
between Wyersdalc and its Mother Church; and, tow*' the South-East, Chirstang
Pariah does Ihu game to Admoreb. — I have waited for the inform* of some Old Men
M to the erecting and consecrating of the two lost ment* CliapeL), but I found then
■a ignorant of the oSiur as myself. My wife pcegente her duty to your Lp. and
wishes jou a good Bocorery." — Gastroll's 3ISS. Sej/utri/, Chetler.

' Lelond menliouB Aahton, "a mesne Place of the King's Londe, where Mr. Ley-
burn, Knyghl, uaith (o lye." Probably Jamca Lejboum, a Lancashire Recusant, who
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434 fijotitUi Cffstnemte.

holme; 1 for Bulk and Alddiff; 1 for Stodhay^ Asbton^ Thum-
ham^ and Glassen; 1 for Scofforth^ [Scotforth^] Bailrigg^ and
Burrow; 1 for Overton, Heaton, and Middleton; 1 for Wyers-
dale; 1 for Quarmore, [Quemmore.]

Grammar ^^M[ tt[no] 1472, a Grammar SchooP [was] Founded here by
^clMfoL ^g§ Jobn Gardiner ; tbe Master to receive 6 marks p. [er] an.

[num] from Newton Mill. \.[iAe] WiU [in] N.\ew] Beff.[i$ier.]
The School-house was rebuilt in 1684. The Upper Master of

this Free School has SO^ p.[er] an. [num] paid by y« Town, and

101 more y« Gift of Mr. Proctour, [in 1717 :] the money [is] in y«

hands of y« Town.

The Sal.[ary] of [the] Under Master is 15* p.[er] an. [num;]

10^ p.[er] an. [num] of w<^^ is paid out of some houses in London,

and 51 p.[er] an. [num] is [the] Int.[erest] of money given by

Mr. Hey sham,* and paid by y® Town.

Buffered in the year 1583 for his Politics aud Beligion, was of the same fiunily ; and
also Bishop Layboume, the Bomish Confessor of James II.

^ The Charity Commissioners, in the year 1825, could learn nothing aocuratdj
respecting the origin of this School. The earliest notice of it was found in the Will
of Bandal Carter, dated the 18th of April 1615, who gaye £10 a year to the Usher of
the Free Gb^mmar School of Lancaster, charged upon lands in Whiteoross Street,
London ; and which is still paid by the Goyemors of the Grammar School of St.
Saviour's, Southwark, which School was also endowed out of the same landa by Uie
same benefactor.

* Mr. Heysham's name, as a benefactor, was unknown to the Corporation at the
date of the above Commission ; but '* the Deep Carr Meadow, now called Usher's
Meadow," near the town, was, in February 1708, stated to have been late in the' pos-
session of Thomas Shearson Esq. and was then settled on the Usher for the time
being ; although Baines observes that it ** was probably granted originally by one of
the Dukos of Lancaster!" In 1823 its yearly rent was £19. The following is doubt-
less an account of this benevolent individual, from the MS. Journal of William Stout^
the Lancaster Quaker : — " 1723. About the 25 day of 12 mo. 1722-3, Kobert Hey-
sam of London died, who had been Representative in Parliament for Lancaster from
1698, and was a very great benefactor to the Town in generall and to many particu-
larly, and generous to all without partiality in respect of Religious profession." —
Lane. M8S. vol. xi. p. 343.

There also occurs in the same Journal a notice of another member of the same phi*
lanthropic family : — " 1727. In the 2* mo. this year, W" Heysam, who was one of

9ta»tVTs of AntounOenufftt. 435

The Maatera are both elected by [the] Mayor and Bailiffs.
Mayor and CouuciU [so] ccrtif.[ied] an. [no] 1722.

The houses in Lond.[oii] were given by Randall Carter. Mr.
Heysham's 100' was laid out in in a Meadow near y* Town, y"
rent of w''' is 7' p[er] an. [num.]

The School (as is supposed) was erected at first by y" Corpo-
ration.

Dr. Jam.[es] Pilkington.s Bp. of Durham, ab« m).[no] 1562
built a School at Lancaster, and brought y" Statutes of y" School
to be overlookt and examined by Mr. Bernard Gilpin, Rect. [or]
of Houghton, who had built and endowed a School in that Parish.
Gil/iin's Life, 4to, 1629.

The Int.[ere8t] of 100' is left to one who shall t«ach Poor Chil- JiiItaoDH
dren to read and write in this TownsP; and a School is erected for "™
that purpose,^

^^ Ctt are two Hospitalts ; one of y", (the Founder of whieh is ^aifitaU.
g^H not known,) was designed for 4 old men, who were to re-
ceive 3' p-[er] an.[uum] apiece.

the Members of P&rUamenl: for Loncasl^r, died at Bntk, who nue uu iudolent mui
and of DO(t surricc; but he Itil hq Eettttf at QrcaTes, tbe Beiit to S Poor Freemen, to
be Duned bj tbc Major, Recorder, and tbrce of the oldest Aldermen, uid ■(
•ivclj sa any die, w* ie at leist £5 a j' e«:h, the Estate bcbg aboie £40 s year.
The next mo, Ciuiatopber Towern Jun' vtaa eleclcd in his stead, to sorro and aneeeed
him in ParUament, aged about 30 years, and unmarried." — Latic. MSS, vol. xL p. 346.
His WiU was dated the BBd of Aprd 1736. He died July 7th 1726. P The EsUto
eonsiate of upvarda of odo hoadred and Sfty acrcia of land, and in 1818 the nut wns
£270.

' This account of Bishop Pilkington'i School is doubtleis to be referred to Sitin^on,
(eee Not Ceiir. vol. ii. p. 21 ;) aitbougb Mr. Carlisle saya that Biahop Piikiogtini,
who died in 1575, eontribotcd tibutally towards the erertioo of Lancaator Grammar
School in 1682 !

* The School n-as built in the Toivnships of Cadeley and Fulvood, on a piece of
ConuDon pi^en by the Corporation of Preston in the year 1707, at the rctiueal of the
Ber. Samuel Feploe M.A. the Ticsr, (afkrwarda Bishop of Cheater,) who, about
1722, remiTed £80, under the WiU of John Uati-h of IVceton, for Ibe use of the
Bchool i £10 more, a beqiiesi for bread tu the poor, to bo given on Sacmmcnt Sun-
days, at Preston ; and £10 contributed by Mr. Pcploe, making £100, whieh euni was

436 i^olftia €^cslrienatti.

Founded by Joha Gardiner' [in] 1472, who gave all his Landa
and ten", w"" appurtenances, for upholding his Alms-house, and
for [the] maintenance of y* Poor there ; and of one Chaplain to
worship at [the] Par.[iBh] Church of Lane, [aster,] and at y*
Alms-house as often as need be, if there be any Poor who cannot
get to y »^ Church. V. [ide] mil [in] N. [ew] Reg. \Uter.']

The other, v'*' is not yet built, (an. [no] 1717,} was Founded by
Mr. Aldemian Penny,^ who left all his Lands, Messuages, &c, in
y Town and County of Lane, [aster,] as also 700" to be laid out in
Lands, and money to buy ground whereupon to build an Hospi-
tal! and Chappell in y= Town, for 12 old indigent men or women,
who are to receive 3'-6'-8'l each, yearly, and 13*-4^ more, for
a Coat and Gown; and ^ p-[er] an.[num] for a person to Read
Prayers to them. W remains of y* profits of y Landa left, or
purchased, [is] to be laid ont in putting out Apprentices,

expcuded in the puroluue of Gre acres of luud called " Korahan," and ooDTejed to the
a&id Mr. Feploc, and the Iter. William Clinmloy, Cumle of Broughton in the Fudall
of Frotan, in Tmet, to apply eight parts in ten of the rents to the said Suhool ; one
part in ten to bo distributed in bread, bj the Ticnr for the time bemg; and the
remaining tenth part to the eaid Peplao, hia heirs, and naeigns, for erer ; although
they do not appear to receiye any boncflt from thii careful proTision of their pmdent

' The Founder waa, n* etntcd by OodtrBll, John Ganiyncr ; and by Indcnlure dated
thoI2th of June 1486, hig feolTeeg, ho being dead, stood srized of the Manor of Bay-
brig, and lands in diierti other places, to the uses of his Will, and espei'iolly to foond
a Chantry in Lancaster Church, and support a Chaphun and four poor men in an
Almahoiiae on the North side of Loncasler Church, lately biiilt by the said Gardjner,
the »aid Almamen lo receiTS 7d. a week, and a maid Berving the said four poor men
to have 2d, a week ; and if the four poor men should be loo bfinn to come to the
Chapel of the Virgin in the Church of Laiica«1cr, the Chaplain might perform Masa
at the Altnr in the Aluishouie. There are still four poor persous appointed by the
Corporation, but their allowance ha* dwindled down la something nominal, oridentlj
contrary to the Founder'a intention. Nor hao any portion of the ample endowment
been reserred for the reparation of the Hoepital.

» William Penny of LsncMter Oent. by Will dated the 2d March 1716. " being in
perfect health and memory, and whilst free from the pains and unfitness for worldly
bnainess, which do actually attend men in Sickneni, being desirous to settle the Estate
wherewith Q-od of his mercy hath Intrusted me, bo that the same, or the grestur port
thereof, may for erer hereafter be employed for Charitable purposes," directed that

JBcantti! of ^tnounDenuflR. 437

An.[iio] 1716, Mrs. Abigail Rigby^ left [the] Int.[erest] of 100'
to be divided every year, by [tlie] Mayor and Vicar, equally betw.
[ecu] sucli poor widows of y* Corp. [oration] as never received
Alms, (regard being always had to such as frequent y* Church
Service moat,) and y" Poor Prisoners in y« Castle. Sir John
HarriBon,'o in 1669, gave €100 to the Poor.

gg l9JMmKtSie,> Certif.[ied] 5'. 10-- 00*,
^SS. being a certain Salary settled upon

the Curate by Christ' Parkinson, and others.

10 ni.[ilcs] from Lancaster. Here is Service [performed] every

first Sunday in the month, and no other.

Edmund Horubj of Poulton Esq. TliomBa ScDiiison, tlie Elder, of Lanca>t«r Qent.
and Edward Carter of EUoll Oent. should, out of his ptrsonal Eetntc, buj land and
erect an Alms-hou^e, irith twclTe apsrtnicnts, end a Cbapel lo adjoin tho said A
hmuB ; and to pa; fire marba apiece, jeaAj, lo tirelire poor anliont indigent men and
women ; and to buT each a good Bad roloured gown of keraej, to be made willi abort
hanging sWves for tho Brmn, to como out about the olbow, Bad an old fmhioncd deep
Cape aa could be bonght for 13b. 4d. and for other purposes. In I8S5, each of the
twelve AlmB-mcn peoeiTed £3. 6b. 8d. every quarter, and a suit of cloth™ jemlj. The
Chaplain received £4 per annum, for reading Frayen on Wednesdaya and Fridsja.
til. Fennf, bj hia Will, gare to hia liiaswomsn, Hannah Hodgson, £10; to bis
cousin Ann , wife of Edmuud Cole of Lancaater Saq. £10 ; to hia kinawoman, Do-
rothj, wife of Stephen WilliamaoD of Natland, his big^r Silver Taulcard; to his
kinawoman, Elizabeth, wife of Thomne Hinde of Overton, his Iceacr Silver Tankard ;
to John Bunea, and Margaret his wife, of Scotforth, 208. each ; to hia Executor, Tho-
mas Hombf Esq, his lar^ Bible with Maps ; to hia kinsman, James Pennj of Pennj
Bridge, his (Statutes at Large ; to his Tmsleca, Binga of SOs. value ; and other small
Legat'Ies. Ho died on the S9th of June 1716. — i^mc. MSB. The Income of the
Estate is about £350 per ai

■ In the retunu made to Farliameot in tbe year ITSB, it is staled that Abigail
Eigbj', b; Will in 1709, gave to Prieoners for Debt in Lancaster Castle, a rent charge
of £2 per annum, and a similar rent charge for poor widows. £4 a jenr is now paid
as a rent charge from tho Estate of Thomas Bowes Esq.

" Sir John Harrison was born at Lancaster in the year 15B9, and was the Author
of a Flan for Collecting the Customs hj Commission.

j^titia CfBtrfrnsts.

Jirifltopijrr ^Jarhtnaon,' by Will dated the Sth of July 1702,

demised a moiety of a dwelling-liousc at Hazlehurst in Bleas-

dale, to Richard and \\'illiam Parkinson, and Richard Farren, to

pay £4 a year to the Preaching Minister who i^honld officiate

monthly at Admarsh Chapel, and the residue to a Schoolmaster to

Cfmitp. teach Scholars at Admarsh Chapel, and €160 to the Poor.

some parts of wUch aro lield of the Duch; of LaDCB4t«r, uid sii thonaand acres being
tlie propertj of William Gamett Esq. whose son reeidea at BleaedaJo Tower. Bainea
ea;s " tbe Cbapcl la a small low erection, resembling a ruinous bsbitatiiiD more than
a plaee of worship," It wbb built beforo tho jcar 1B77. In 1S50 it was rftumed as
being thirteen miles from the Parish Church, and without a Minister or anj maio-
tenance; "and that the People thcreaboats are an ignorant and carelesse Peoplo,
knowing nothing of the Worahippe of Ooit, but living in ignorance nud superstitioo,
being 6 miles from anj Chnrch or ChappolL" — fori. laq. Lamb, Libr. WTiat a
striking tustimonj is this to the tbIuo of a rosidcat Minister, and huw useful and
indispensable aro tho quiet and unobtrusive labours of the humblest Curate. With
the Ions of Rehgion order is subverted, drilisation overlhrowti, the reiga of
ignorance extended, and of course all moral aud social obligations violated. These
Inquisitors Snow suflleiently well the T«lue of the piftat rl priKa fidei of bj-gone
da^ to prescribe the only remedy. In 1S35 the Cbapol was rebuilt i and in ISIO
Mr. Sergeant Bellasis presented a painted window. There is also a ParsoDage-houso;
and the Living haa been latel; angimcntcd.

The following very interesting account of this humble foundation occurs in ■ Note
in a volume of Pocma by the Hev. Richard Pnrliineon B.D. Canon of Mauchcster,
I3mo. 1B45 : — "Admarsh WBS totally without endowment, and genersUj without a
Minister, oicept when tho Author's ancestors hired one lo take the duty once a
month, whose receipts for ' wages,' (about four pounds,) I oecasioiuilly Qiid among
the papers. To remedy the evils arising from this want of a spiritual Pastor, the
Author's grandfather, who had twelve children, engaged tho Bcv. Mr. Smith to become
a permattent resident in his house, and teaeh bis children and officiate in the Chapel,
giving him for his labours, board and lodging and ten pounds a year 1 and allowing
him to take additional boarders into tho roomy house, by way of eking out his scan^
maintenance. Thus one generation of the Greenbalghs, Claytons, Walnisleys, and
some other old Lancashire iamilies, were brought up under m; grandbllier's eye,
while his large lamily obtaiued ■ higher style of education than could othcTwise have
been obtained for thorn in that remote region, and with bis, after all, but limited
meana ; and thus they, as well as the whole Township, received temporal and spiritual
beneBt, for which the Author, as well ae many others, has deep reasons to be
grateful."

The Vicar of Lancaator nominalcs the Curate.

' Chriatophn- Parkinson Oent. hy Will dated tho 8th of Jnly 1702, deviKd a

Oeaiirrn of 3tnounDcmcfSfl.

S^^ 3i!^0N,' Lonsdale D.[eaneky.] Cer- (Qtov.^SI.
]^3 tif. [ied] 91 . 10- ■ OO'', arising out of Hay,
East.[er] Dues, and Surp.[lice] fees.

[The] Tythsof thisCliap.[elry,] (W^licoiisistB butof oneTownaP,} CotDntf. I.
are given by y Vicar instead of finding a Curate here. Vic" Let-
ter, Pap. Reg.

The same is done at Gressingham and Stalmyn. lb.

moietj of \as tiou«« at HazlchuTBt in Bli'ssdolc, and tbirlj-tno acres of \saA, and
other parcels of limd, to Tnutees, to pay BlT«r the death of Eliiubi'th bis wife, £1
yearly, "to tho Preacbiug MmUtcr who should ofHcintc montUy at tlia Chapel at
Admarsh," and tho residue to a Suhoolmaatcr to tcarli at Admarsli Chaprl. He also
1^ two mortgages, one of £100 upon Jamee Farkinaon's lauds at Blindliursl, and
another of £60 upon Edward ParkiniOJi'a land at Haileliurst, to mnka up the Bchool-
master's Salary, and the residuB to the Poor of BleasdnJe, for clothes, books, 4c.
ITio Unds amount to 69a. 30p. ; and tho Income of the Charity in 1S25 waa up-
wards of £63, when the Ker. Robert Parkinson, the venerable and eicollent Incum-
bent of LoDgridge, (uncle of Canon Parkinson,) wu the Trus(«e. The Curate, who
was at that time the Schoobnaalcr of Admatsh, recaJred £26 per aoDum, and taught
the children in a building at the end of the Chapel.

' Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £100. B^ei*!*" ^pn in 1585.

The Manor of Caton in the 3d John, was held by Thoinaa Qomct, anciMtor of the
ancient forostera of Lancaster, in whose descendants it continued until about the
reign of Edward L By tho Duchy Fcodary, it appears that the Manor was held by
Alice and Agues, daughters and heirs of Thomas da Caton; but in the Gth Ueniy
IV, according to £uerden, it was held by Koger Curwen of the £ing, and in the 1st
Sichard III. QeofiVey Curwen held a moiety of the said Manor. In the reign of
James 1. Nicholas Curwen held lands here; but in the year 1561 the Manor was
in the possession of Thomas Btaoley, Lord Montengle. It was shortly afterwards
purchased by the Dultona of Thumham, and conveyed, by marriage, in tho latter port
of the sesuoteenth century, by Dorothy, younger daughter and coheiress of Robert
Calton Esq. (who died in 1704,) to Edward Riddeli of Swinburne Caath) in the
county of Northumberland £)sq. It was altcrnards sold to Mr. Thomas Edmondson,
and bis repreacntatiTe, John Edmondson Esq. is the present Manerial owner.

A Chapel existed here about the time of Henry 111. ; and the Oomets alienated it
to the Priory of Lancaster, John, son of Bogcr Ocrnet, in tho time of Edward L
resigning all his right in the Patronage to the same House. The present Chapel was
bnilt about tbo time of Henry VIII. Tlie Font is of early English design. In
16G0 it was found to be Parochial ; and Mr. Scbooh^roft U.A. the Curat^ rwciTsd
£3. 6a. Sd. from the Small Tithes, and £100 per annum out of the Rectory of Bolton,

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440 ilotitui CfStrirnsiB.

4 m.[iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church. Served by a Curate
who constantly resides [here]
2 Chap, [el] wardens.

WSi (btn to the Poor, 50".

[. ^||J£tiESSIN«»aitt,' Lonsdale

ijli D.[eaneiiy.] Certif.[ied] under 9i-

00^-00'', arising &oni Small Tyths, and a small parcell of ground

[of the value] of 16' p. [er] an. [num.] V.[ide] Caton.

7 ni.[ilc8] from [the] Par.[i3h] Church.

A large Chappelry, tho' but one Township. The Curate reads
prayers and preaches every Sunday.

which fonnprlj belonged, by Lcnso, to Sir Hcnrj Compton, a delinquent, by Order of
tho Committi.'e of Ooldamith'a Hnll. — Pari. Inq, Lamb. Libr.

The Ticar of Luicaster nominates the Curate. A Funonnge Hoiuo waa built
in 1S44.

The poet Graj, in a letter to Dr. Warton, describing tho scenery around Caton,
obserras, " Ever; feature irhieh conetitutea a perfect bndscape of the extenaiTe sort
it here not only boldly marked, but also in its best posilion."

Id the year 1752 tho Inbsbitauta built Hud endowed a Chapel at Littledsle, owing
to their distance from Cnton Chapel,

■ Patran Saint unknonn. Taluc in 1834, £80. Begietere begin in 1710.

GrosBinghnm — the Ghersinctune of Domnday — was buld by Thomaa da Qres-
eingham in the time of King John, hy tho Soijuanty of keeping the King's aeriea of
Hun-ka, In the 11th Henry III. Uubert do Burgh bad a Charter for Und in Qw-
singham, and tho Duchy Feodary atat™ that ChristUna, wife of Adam do Burgh, held
the moiety of tho Mauor by forestry and a rout of 3b. 4d. Id the 3d EUiabeth it
bad passed to Thomas Stanley, Lord Monteegle ; but no Court is now held, and the
Township U in aoreraitica.

A Chapel existed here in the thirteenth century, as Soger de Moutbogon, who died
in the year 1335, quitclaimed to the Cburuh of St. Martin of St**, all his rights and
claima in the Chapel of Oucrsynghara for eveT.—RtgUlr. S. Mariir, p, 2.

In 1650 the Cbapel was said to be eight miles from tho Pariah Church, and Mr.
Bill, a painful KOnister there, tugcthar with his Congregntion, humbly pray that
"tbey may be made a Parish Chiuvh," and that the Inbabitants of Aughton, four

iSfanern of amounUcmtBH. 441

One Chap, [el] warden for y= Chappelry, consisting of 2 Ham-
lets, Greas. [ingham] and Eskrig, chosen Canon, [ically.]

^^ tVt is 10' p.[er] an.[nura] charged npon Land for y" use of Cfjaritiei.
^^1 the Poor, given by Thomaa [John] Chipendall, in 1715 ; 4'
p.[erl an,[iiuin] by one King; and 5' p.[er] an.[uuni] by another
Thomas Chipendall.

j^lTSarON.' Certif|ied] IS'Oo^OOi, ^»m.

j^SS viz. out of y" Tytha of Overton 10',
(given by Hugh Cooper Esq,;} out of an Estate left by Jara.[e8]
Gardiner, 2'; lnt.[crcBt] of 5', left by Will. [iam] Hind, 5', should
be 6', [but] now like to be lost. 1725.

milea from Lancaater and two mQen from OTCssingbum, and alao the Congrpgalion of
Aaram, (mjparated from ita Pjiriali Chtiroh of Melling bj the Kiver Lojno, which they
caoDot poM without danger of life,] ma^ be eDtirel; epparated from their reapectivo
Parishes and united to "tho Congregation and Church" of Grosaingbam. — Pari. Inq.
Lamb. Libr.

Tbe 20tb October 1784, " gathered on a Brief, three pence, for Gressingbnm ChapeL"
MiliirfHP Beg. — In this year tho Chapel was enlarged at an oipenso of £1,110 ; and
th» beaatiful Anglo. Norman Doorwaj was fortunatelj spared.

Tbe Vioar of Laneaster appobts tho Incumbent.

' Patron Saint unknown. Valuo in 1S31, £15&. Regiatera begin in 1718—1724.

In the reign of King John the Orertona held their lands here by the eerriee of
being tho Lord'a Beeves or Bailiffa. In the 10th jear of the Duchy, Mcnij, T>u\o of
LancosUir, held tbe Manor ; which vas in the possession of Sir John Laurence in tbe
16tb Henry Vll. It is now styled a " Royalty," and is held in sixteen shares i and a
Coart is annually held called the Court Leet and Court Baron of our Lord the King.
This Court enjoyed the privilege of proving Wills under the Seal of tho Manor until
tbe custom ceased in the last century.

Overton Chapel is mentioned in tbe Archidiaconal appropriation of I he Cbureh of
LancBstor to the Priory, in tbe year 1296, but tbe very early specimen of Anglo-
Norman architecture in the principal Doorway of tbo Chapel, would imply an earlier
foundation. The chevron and Bcreral rude Bgurea still remain sculptured upon ill
and the ralraordioary thickness of the waUs, indicntea great antiquity. In IT33 the
imnll circular-headed windows, without muflions, were rerooTod, and the present in-
cODgTuous lights inserted. In 11)60 the Parliamciitary Commisaionen reported that

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443 iiotitia fffttiricnaifl.

This Curacy was formerly supplied at y^ charge of y" Vicar of
Lane. [aster] till y" gift of 10' p.[er] au.[uum] by Hugh Cooper,
W y* Vicar allowed all y" Small Tytbs v'-Hn this district. After
y* other addition by Gardiuefj only 5' p.[er] an. [num was] p^ by
Dr. Bushell,^ [the] Vicar; and since his death, nothing is allowed
by [the] Vicar. Curate's Accf- aH.[no] 1725.

CatDiut. 3. 4 m,[ile8] from Lane, [aster, and] divided into 3 Townships,
viz. Overton, Middleton, Heatonj w^^ these Districts, viz. Sunder-
land infra Overton, Brows infra Middleton, Oxcliff and Oveangle
infra Heaton.

One Chap. [el] warden serves for y" 3 TownsP*, [who is] chosen
Can. [onieally.]

Sad. [There is an] Ancient Seat at Heaton.

OrertoD h&d antjently, but not of late, £1 per annum paid b; the Vicora of Lancast-cr ;
and tiiat about the year 1647, £40 wai granted by the Committee of Plundenxl
MiniaferB out of the Rectory of Bolton, whiub had, however, been reduced to £16
per annum, oving to the solieitation of one Mr. Chambcrlaine, agent for Sir Henry
ComptoD, a delinquent, whereby theii Uinister, Mr. Tbornas Fawcett, on honest
godly man, had laluly gone from them for want of maintenance. There were eighty
fomilies in the Chapclry, and they were eii mitca from the Parish Chureh, and lo
luirouaded by the Sowing sea, twice in twenty-four boura, that they eould not paai
to their ForlBh Church, and hod no other Church neansr than HeyBhsm, and that
three miles distant. They humbly pray tor a aettled mainlwaiioe and Minister, and
lo bo made a Parish ; and, they will remoTO their Chapel to a more conrenient pUee
in Uiddleton, at their own charges. — Part. Inq. Lamb. lAhr.
Overton, or Wat^rvillo, \i a Parochial Chapelry id the gift of the Vicar of Im-

3 Seth Bushell D.D. only son of Adam Bushell of Kuerdon near Preston, by his
wife Aliee^ daughter of John Loggan of Oarataog, was bom in the year 1631 ; a Com-
moner of St. Mary'a Hall, Oion, M.A. 1654, being then Miniator of Whitley in York-
ahire ; B.D. 1665, being then Mini>t«r of Euxton ; Vicar of Preaton, in 16T8 ; and Vicar
of Lancaster in 1681, where he died in IGS'l. He published several BEnall Tractates and
Sermona, (Wood's AOttrt. vol. iv. p. 161-2, Bliss' ed.) It appeara from bis Pedigree,
recorded by liim in 1666, that be married (1) Mary, daughter of Mr. Boger Faring-
ton, who died s.p. ; and (2) Mary, daughter of Mr. William StanaSeld of Euxton,
by whom he had iaeue, (see Whits CHtPEI., p, 428, Note 2.) Ue was a loyal, pious,
and ehacitabto man, and during bis short Tiicumbeucy rebuilt the Parsonage House
of Laocaster (now being again rebuilt) ; and having overcome the errors of early edu-
Mtjon, like many others, wisely conformed lo the Church. — Latie. M8S. vol. tit.

Btaitcvi? of amoimUfntfBB. 4

I ftien to y Poor of Heaton by Will.[iam] West, 50'; w^""
I taken care of by y° proper OffieerB of y" Town.

^]| •'r^l.lKEXZ.i This CIiap.[el] is very ffiJap.Uat.

S^ Ancient. Certif.[ied] 28i - 12* ■ 0*i, p^™

viz. Rent Charge, 61-13»-4''; Tyth of Hay aud Geese in Stalmine, '"dSu/SiVr
1'; Iiit.[ercBt] of 249' given by Mr. Tite, (originally 324', but
part lost;) 12'.09»-00'i; Ea8t.[er] Dues, 5'-10«; Surp.[!ice] fees,
21. V.[ide] Caton.

This Rent Charge is 20 Nobles, Settled by Deed of Rich, [ard]
Fleetwood Esq. of Rosae-Hall, given upon a Proviso y» he and his
Heirs, owners of Rosse-Hall, sb"* have y" nomination of y" Curate ;

' Dedicated to St. Jami«, fomierlj to 81. Oswald. Valua iu 183.V, £367. Hegistera
begin in 1503.

In the Stli John the Monks of Fum«<9 held lands in Stalmiiie and Stspcltone,
(Stainalt) uid in the 20th llearj HI. Bob«tt do Stalmbc, hrother uid heir of Wil-
liam de Stalmine, held his luids upder the King, in SttdnuDD and Staniole; Had
in the 20th Edward I. tho Manor appears to hovs been vested iu John de Stalmine,
Elina de Stalmine, widow, the Abbots of Fumces and Coukeraand, Simon la Clerk,
and Adam do Stalmine, who sll pTobahl; held as tonsnta of the Crown. In the
course of time the Abbej of Furness obtiincd the vrholv Minor, wliieh fell to the
King at tbe Dissolution. The reputed Manerial owner is Camehus Bourne oFStul'
mice Hall Esq.

A Chapel eiislod hero about the time of Henry Iir. ss QcoiTrcy le Bnlista (L'ar-
baJaetier,) and William dc Stslmine, laymen, bind themselrcs nnd their heirs for ever,
to the Chureh of St. Mary, never to sell the right of Patronage in the Chapel of
Stalmine, on any pretext whatever. In 1650 tbe Chapel was report«d to bo scren-
teen miles from LaDeaetcr Chureh, and was endowed vith the Small Tithes, valued at
ilO a year, and that Mr, Fcnney M.A. the Incuiobonl, also received X50 a year from
tha Committee of Plundered Ministers. — Par/. lug. Lamb. Libr, A sum of twenty
nobles a year, payable to the Minister of Stallmin Chapel, out of Clarkson's tenement,
and the North and South Csrrs in Prc«sidl snd HackeUBall, was settled by Deed, on
the 11th of April 16BT, by Sichanl Fleetwood of Kossall Esq. (then styled Patron of
the Liviog.) The Chapel was rebuilt in 1S06, when the Patron Saint and architecture
were altered. The Vicar of Lancaster is the Patron.

A Chapel was built and coueecreted at Poulton by the Sands, in 174fi, and is Paro-
chial to Poulton, Bare, and Torrisholme. The Curati' i> nominaled by the Vicar of
Lsni-aster.

444

jflotitia CcatttcttBie.

but he [ia,] notwitliHts, noTuinatcd by [the] Vicar of Lane, [ftster,]
V.[ide] Deed, an.{no\ 1687, New Reg^isterP^

20''' p.[er] an.fnum was] given to y* Curate by Rob.[ert] Car-
ter,2 out of an Estate left to Pilling School, an. [no] . V.[ide]
Pilling. The Clerk has 2d. for every house in the Cha-
pelry ; la. for every Marriage ; 6d. for every Burial ; 2d. for every
Churching: choBeti according to the 91st Canon,

15 m.[ile9] from Lanc.[aster;] 4 m. [ilea] from Poolton.

The Preab. [yterian] m.[eeting-houae] ia very near the Chap-
pell, p]

2 Chap, [el] wardens for y" 2 towns, [hips,] each of w'"' consists
of 2 hamlets; one [for] Stalmin and Stainallj the other [for]
Preesall and Hackinsall.

Part of Preesall ia called Lower-end, and part Pilling-lane.

Ilackensall'' and Parox in Stalmine, and a Grange.

ia a School, Pounded by Rich.[ard] Fleetwood* Esq. of
\ Rosse-Hall, an.[no] 1695, and endowed w"" 20 marks p.[er]
au.[num,] charged upon Land in Ilackensall.

The Nomiiiat. [ion] of a Master ia in y" Heir of y" Family, who
keeps y» Writings. V.[ide] Deed 1687, New REg.\ysteT.'\

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' Robert Culer, bj Will dated Slat Jmuw; ITIO, and prored at Richmond, gate
£20 to " Stalmin Church ; the Stock shall stand, and the Minister ahall huTe the pro-
fit of it." Land, hii» howeyor, been purchased with Ihe Benefactor's other Icgacie*,
and thia now rcmainB a rent charge of 20s. n jeai. Tlte Testator appcBrg to bnvo
been m illit«nite person, and his own Uwjer.

' Hackeneall was Ibc property of Geoffrey tba Bowman, (ancestor of the Sherbumci,)
having beea granted to him by the Esrl of Morton, afterwards King iTobn. It passed
with Margaret, lUughter and coheiress of Mr. James Pickering, in marriage t« RiL-bard
SOB of Richard Butler of RawcUffc, in the reign of Henry VI. and was again conveyed
in marriage in 1660 by Helen, daughter and coheiress of Henry Butler Esq. to 'William
Fyfe of WMlacre Esq. M.D. by whom it was sold to the Fleetwoods. It passed from
their supeeasora, the Heskeths, by sale, sod is now the property of Jamea Bourne of
Heathflcld House near Liverpool Esq.

' The School was founded by Indenture dated the 11th of April 1687, and ia one of
the many useful and ohoritabte foundations of Richard Fleetwood Esq. who died on
the ISth of April 1696, when bit benefaotions came into operation.

Scanns of SlmottnOnneKa. 445

Here is another Free School in y* same TownsP, about a mile ^iTTins'tanr
from y« other, founded by Rob.[ert] Carter, an.[no] 1710, who ^'^^j'^^^J "*
gave 21 acres and [a] half of land, worth about £12 ■10* p.[er] iit^aal. '
an. [num,] and 60' in money.

[The] Eight of Nomin. [ating] the Master is in Alice Carter,
widow, Itich.[ard] Pool, and Tho.[ma9] Dickenson, Trustees.

Six acres is free land, and 15 acres lease land, purchased for
2000 years, in y^ name of Tho. [mas] Dickeuson, Trustee for the
School.

M^ other gift to y= Poor but one pound p.[er] an. [num] to y» etiirito.
ngB Poor of Preesall, payable out of y Land given by Rob.[ert]
Carter to y^ School founded by him. [Certified by Alexander
Bagott A.B. Curate, July 19. 1725.]

fits **'**^^*'^'' ^^'^■t'^^] ll'-OO"- (ffiiap.l^at.
^^§ Oeii, viz. 8' paid out of an Estate in y«
Chappelry; 3i-10'-6'i out of y« Dutchy Rents.

This Chap, [el] was made Parochiall by a Faculty, in y" usuall
form, an.[no] 1712, v.[ide] lieg.[Uler] B.[ook,'] 4, being rebuUt
by y Inhab. [itauts.]

6 m.[ilcs] from [the] Par.[ish] Ch.[iirch;] 5 m.[iles] from any
other.

It is served 3 Sund.[ays] in every month.

There are many Papists and Quakers in this Chappelry.

' Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1B34, £135. Rogiaien begin in 1714—1737.

Although not named in tbo pcrambnlation of the Forests of LaDisBhira in the 12th
Henr; III. jet in tho 51b( Hcnr; III. the Tacoary and Foreit of Wjcrsilale were
granted to Edmund Crouchbock, tlio wages of Porcston and Ibe Foo of the Maitar
Foreater were liied, and Verderere appointed, so that Wjendale had all the obsrao-
terigtiu of a superior Chase. The anreBlora of the late John Fenton Cawthorno Eh],
M.F. for Lancaatur, held a portion of Wjersdale for several centuries. Their reaideaoe
WB« Wyreside.

Id 1650 the Chapel was stated to be eight statute miles from the Pariah Church,
■ud had peceired, time out of luind, £1 per annum out of the rarenue thereof £30 per

**"^ SSI ^ ^ * ^^^ School bnilt and endowed br Mr. CawAon,'

a^ who left 201 p.[er] an,[nnni'' to a Master^ wlio b to lie »
Graduate of Oxford or Cambridge, and to be ekrccd by j* W
Trustees. AH the Children of t« Dale are to be tan^t Grtfii.

[the] Int.[ePMt] to [W paid to the] Master of y* Sdbool in la«f
Wvresdale, commonlj called Cross Hill School, who sliaD oob-
stantlj teach School learning and y* Catechism.

^ <Mtit«t. gj^^l 9tmim,' Certified] 22^ vix. 20^ paid by [the}

Improp. ^riator,] Mr. Clifton, a Papist. Snrp.]Kce]

Corate Nomi;.ated by [the] Improp.[riator-]

vst o( tbr laprcpRBU Be ao i j <4 Bokon, belongxiui to Sir Henrr Compfeim
Eac t deisupcBt, hj Oritsr of tfae C4tiuiutt4W of Goldmith's ILtH, Iiad been paid to
Mr. DwAom iMsssj BJL s ^ n anhia e Miiuft«r th«re, abore twetre j«anw — 1W£. iiif.
LmmA. LAr. Ia 1771 the Cbmpti wm rebuilt at an expnce of £1,245 ; ad agun

Tlw Vir«r k4 JjaarmtUT ap y jiuta tlie Curate.

' WilLam Cavroone E«f xn hxa Will dated the 22d of September 1683, neitea tbat
ther>( hail been fi^r a k*iig time a Chapel in Wjervdaie, and that there was a tut OBaU
or iu> mamteoaace beLoogznf to zt ; and also reciting that he had fonnerlr erected a
Free SrHir>ol in Wjendale, and rebnih a eonrenient hoTLse for a Schoofanatftcr ; aad Cor
maintaining the Hid School, aad for encooraging an orthodox preaching 3Iin»ter to
oAdate in the Core of the said Chi^wi, conrered to Abraham Partzngton, Maror of
Laacaater, Seth BnaheQ DJD. Ticar of the same, Lanrace Shaw, Ykmr of Coehcrhaa,
and ochen, the nid School-hoiiae and certain lands, to par out of the rents X15 a
Tear to the SdKX>lnaster for tfarhing fiftr poor Sdiolars^ and £8 a jcar to the BG-
Barter, r e qiiifiag the Sduilar* to attend the Ch^wl ei e ti Lord's Daj monung aad
aftcnoon, aad on other dajs of Fasting and Thanksgiring, aad the reeidae of the
to be emended in repairt» bo<^ and for the rriief of the Poor. In 1885 the
dnhed from this Foaadaliaii was iqrwards of £129.

IkilMBlail to St Orthbcft. Talae in 18M, £1S1. Begbler* begin in 1679.

Ae lidn of Dmrnmiatf^ and at that time contained two camcstes of
toknvbccfttnkniOVtoftheSasoaPteishof Kirfcham. King John,
'^^'■biflTliHti^fnv AetwocwwatcatoBirhardFiU Boger, who tr ansfc ite d

■ JScanerg of ftmounSrmes!!. 447

This Church was given to y" Priory of Dunehn towards build-
ing a Cell here- V. [ide] Mon.[asticon,'] suiira.

An. [no] 1369, [an] Inst, [i tut ion] to [the] Cell of Letham upon
[the] Pres. [eutation] of [the] Mon,[astery] of Durham. Reg.
Charlton, f. 42.

It, [em,] admission of a Prior upon [the] Pres. [entation] of
[the] same Moii.[astery,] au.[no] 1430. R.[effister] Bowel, f. 52.

One Township. Cotoni. 1.

2 Churchwardens.

Lytham Hall.^
K.Ko School,^ nor Charities.

tkarn to the Prior and ConTeut of Durham, olung with the Churoh of tbo eiime town,
Bad nil things boloDging to thnt Clitirch, that they might found a Benedictine Cell bI
Ljtham lo tho hooDur of 6.9. Mar; and Cnthbeit ; which, »iu eroctod Bcc^rdiogl;.
Dr. WhilaJter appears to doubt the ^nuinenesg of this donatioD, or the icmrkcj of
its description, as no appropriation of the Church crer took place, and no Vicarage
WBi erer endowed.

The Manor and AdTonaon passed to the Crown at tlio Dissolution, and wore
gnuited in the jear 1S51 to Sir Thomas Hoicroft, whoso repreavntatiTC, Sir John
Holeroft, conveyed them, by sale, lo Sir Cuthbert Clifton of Westby, on the l«h of
February 1606, They are now held by bis descendant, Thomas Clifton of Clifton
and Lytham Ecq. who is the owner of the Parish. The Baronetcy conferred upon
Sir Tbomaa Clifton Ent. in the year 1660, eipirod with his son Thomaa, who died
Hot. 12th, 168S, aged twenty, and has a monument at KirUuun.

A Church eiiiled here in the thirteenth century, although it is not mentioned in
the Valor of 1301, probably on the ground of its being conventua] and not parochial.
In 1650 it was returned as "Litheomb, a very imaU Parish, being only one Township,"
Thomas Clifton Esq. a Papist delinquent, being the Patron and Impropriator of the
whole Tithes, worth £29 a year. Tho Minister wae Mr. William iLrmistead, who
liad nothing but £50 a year &om the Committee of Plundered Ministers. — Pari. Inq.
Xatnt, lAhr. The Church being too smaU was rebuilt in the fear 1770, upon tbo
Macieot Priory site ; aod owing lo the great influx of temporary inhabitants during
the Bathing Season, tho Snt stone of the existing Church was laid on the 20lh of
Ifarch 1834, by Thomas Clifton Esq. the Lord of the Manor, who contributed £500
towards the nndertaldng. It consist! of a Tower, Nayr, Aisles, and Chancel. The
Clifton Chapel is within a parclose.

* Lytham Hall, the seat of Mr. Clifton, is a stately mansion, rebuilt between the
jean 1T57 and 175^ with the principal front to the East, and decorated by a pedi-
ment which is supported by four Corinthian columns. The domestic Chapel is now
uicd as the servants' halL

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j^otitid (^rstrifit^ts.

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I

ff. JMiei^aSl'5' UPON Wyke, Certif.[ied] 44'-10.
viz. Glebe, [24 acrea,] 10' ; East, [er] Dues, w"" 2 pre-
scriptious for Elswiek and Out Kawcliff, 19' j East.
[er] Dues and Small Tyths from Wood Plumpton, 5' ;
" somft other amall Tyths, 10"; Surp. [lice] fe&a, 5' ; Leg. [acy] from
g Ralph Longworth, 5' p-[er] an. [num.]

Patron, Mr. Johnson — since [Thomas] Clitherall, [who pre-
sented in 1715.]

' A Si:haoI-l]0U9c waa built here bj Bii^lmri] Soltboiuo before 1702, a* in th>t jear
£6 was given for (he uao of tbo Bcboolmaeter by tbe He.. Mr. ThrelfaU of Lythwn ;
uid other donationg bsTlng been made, Landi were bought in 173Z, now producing
upwarda of £104 a year.

> Dodirated to St. Micbael Iho ArrhangoL Value in 18S-i, £783. Registers of
Baptiam begin in 1(>[>9 ; and of Marriages and Burials in 1662.

Uppur Snwcliffe, with Tamicar, is the Township in Trhieh the Tillage of St. Ui-
chaora, on both sides of the River Wjre, is lituated. The Manor of Upper Raw-
cliffe — the Roudecliff of Domeiday — was held hj Jlervey, the grandfather of Theo-
bald Walter. Ifntilda, widow of Theobald Walter, in the 9tb John, bdd tbe same ;
and her son, Theobald le Botiler, in the 33d Henry III. was possessed of tbe Manor
of RoutbecliTe, and lands in Routbclire and Mid Routbclice, The Manor of Upper-
rawcliffe was in the possession of John de Rigmayden in tbe 16tb Edward II. and
his daughter and heiress Joan, conrejed it, in marriage, to Sir Jolin de Coupiand,
who appears to hiVTO held it under the family of Do Gbynoa, or Coucj, doacendanta
of the Lancaatera, Bnrona of Kandal. The Manor passed &om the Couplanda to the
Southworths, and was conieyed, in marriage, before the 47th Edward III. by Ellen,
daagbter and heiress of William de Southworth, to Robert Drewick of Urswick,
whose grand-daughter morrinl John, third son of Sir Riehard Eirkby of Kirkby, lud
the Manor was vested in his descendant in 1631. In this year Thomas Westbj of
Mowbreck Eaq. purchased Upper RawcUflfe Hall and the Eatote, which were settled
upon his son. Major Qoorgo Wcstby; and being sold by the Repubhcan Commissioner*
in 1663, were repuroboaed for the family. On the marriage of Tbomns Westby of
Upper RawclilTe Esq. (who died in 1762,) with Margaret, daugbler and heiress of
William Bhnttlewortb of Turnover Hall Esq. and of his wife Bridget, daughter and
Eoheiresa of John Westby of Mowbrcck Eaq. the Estates derolved on the younger
branch of the family, then seated at Upper BawcliSe. On the death of TboDUa
Woitby Esq. in 1829, they passed to Qeorge, graiidaou of George Westby of Upper
Bawcliffe Esq. in whose representative they still continue.

TheOburoh of St. Michael — the Micbeleschercbe of Dometdmi — was one of the

Oranri'^ of HmouiiDentrss. 449

Kirby upon Wire, val.[uej 20 marks. Patron, [the] CoU,[ege]
of Battelsfyld. MS. L.

An. [no] 1538, Patrons, [the] Master or Warden of y» College of
Battelfylde, et ejusdem loci confratres. Imi. [ilulion] B. [ook,'] l,p.35.

three Churclica of Amouui)enic«B during tlio HcpUrchy, Pnialoii and KirldiHiD being
the other two. King John appcara to hnvu pofiseBBed the AdvowBon^ 09 he prejHmttid
to the Living ; but in 1345 Hem;, Earl of Tjunpaater, was the Patron. " Eccl'ia S'ci
Mich'U sap' Wyrr," was Talued in 1291, at £66. 13a. 4d.

Boger Yve, Ctork, in the jcar 1403, founded the College of Battlefteld ; and Hem;
IT. Che nominal Founder, gare to the Master of the Housti, and his auccegson, the
Adruvson of the Church of MirhaoUiakirk. Id the 4tli Honrj VI. Koger Yre
Teeeifed a oanGrmation of the Foundation ; and the King, bj hia Wilj dated the SOth
of October 1444, grants to the perpetual Chaplaina of Battelficld, and thi^ir eucceaaon
for BTrr, the lithea and EmolumeDtsuflheChuroh of at. Michael's de Wjre, to he
eqoaUj divided amongst them, on conditioa of repairing tiio ChanceL ThU Licence
of Appropriation was coufinned in the lat Honry VII. 1-18B. Sinco the Diaeolution
of the Chantrica and Monastic foandatianB, the AdvowBon haa been VNted in different
Fatrona, and in 1789 wa« obtained by Joseph Hornby Esq. whose nephew is the
present excellent Vicar and Patron.

An Act of Parliament waa obtained by the Rev. Hugli Hornby, (he Pation, la
1B16, to coromutc the Tithes of Hay, Vicarial Tithca, and Easter OITerings, for •
Com Rent, secnring a clear annual sum of £700, liable to he increased and raried,
bat not to be diminished below that sum, according to the price of Wbeat in Uu)
mukets of Preston and Lancaster, on an arcrage of ten years.

The Church, rebuilt about the time of Ilenry VTIL consists of a Tower, IfuTO, lat-
teral Aiales, and Chancel, with a Chantry Chapel On the North side dedicated to 8t.
Katherine, and formerly the Mausoleum of the very ancient family of Butler of Raw-
diffe, whose arms, caned in stone, still remab. The East and North Windows
eontain emblemslical pictures of three of the Seasons — Winter, Spring, and Sammer.
In 1660 " Micboel'B, a Vicaridge called St. MiGhael's, situated in Taniiker," waa
Tetuned as being in the Patronage of Alexander Johnson Esq. the Impropriator,
(except of portions of the Tithes of Tamiker nhich wore impropriated to Robert White
Gent, and then under sequestration for his delinijueacy, and north £10 jier annum.)
The Earl of Devonshire and NichoUs Bhuttleworth Esq. paid each 10s. a year for the
lathes of Inskip, to &[r. Johnson, being a rent due by preacription j aud also
£5. 6d. 8d. for Tithes in Rawcliffe, by prescription. Value of the Titbea to Mr.
JohniOD, £845 per annum. Then- wsa a Vicarage-house and ten acres of Glebe ID
Tarniker, *orth to the Vicar ilS, and aU the small Tithes throughout (he Fuiih.
The Earl of Devonshire paid to Ihu Minister of Michael's, Sa. a year for a Water
Cera Mill ; 2». a year for small Tithes ; and lOd. a year for Tithe of Hay, by pre-
wriptiODi Nicholas Shuttleworth Esq. paid the Minister lOd. sycsr for Tithe Hajj
the Inhabitants of Elawick paid him 15a. 4d. for hay, hemp, and dai ; and the

VOL.,,.] 3»

450 ^otltin (!rcntnfnBin.

[3d Edward VI. Patrons, George Kyrkby and Nicholas Law-
rinsou Gents, pro hac lice, by Grant of John Iluascy, Master or
Warden of the College of Battclfylde and Fellows. /6.]

All. [no] 1573, the Right of Nominating y« Clerk of this Parish
was adjudged by Decree of y^ Bp to belong to one Mr. Butler.
Ite(,.[ister'] B.[ook,'] 2, p. 253.

An.[no] 1629, the King presented. Ii>3t.[itulion] B.[ook,] 2,
p. 91. The same Vicar was Instituted an. [no] 1628, upon y*
Prcsentat. [ion] of Will.[iam] Johnson esq. lb. p. 114.
^gXU. Upper RawcliffCj* and Out Kawcliffe.^

ColBtU. Towns, [hips] 5, for w^ there axe 5 Churchwardens — Upper Raw-
cliflF cum Tamiker, Out Rawcliff, Eccleston-Magna, Elswiek, In-
kipp cum Sowerby,* [and Woodplumpton,]

Inhabitants of Sowcrbj Id. on scro for their Tithe E»y, amoimting to about Ga. 8d.
per annmn, bj proacription. The Incuinbont was Mr. WilLam Braye, and tbo Liring
realized liim £50 per annvim. — Pari. Inq. Lrtmb. Ziftr,

' Upper Rawilitfo, Utlorly caiUod White HftU, was tlie Bnpiont Manerial houBO, but
the present buihling, of the time of Charles I. is in a stale of doca;, although tho
Gateway and large mnllioned windowa indicate ita ancieol re»poctiibUitj. Its former
and proaont ownera, the Weatbjs, being Bomao Catholica, it contains a Chapol and a
place of concealment for recusantt. It ia Icnantcd by a rarmer.

' Out EawoUffa wag tha poeseision of Theobald Walter, Chief Butlor of Ireland,
who garo it to Sir Richard le BoliUer, [who died Edw. I.] ancestor of the Butlon
of Baweliffe, who bcld the Manor from the time of Henrj III. until forfeited by the
attainder of Henry Butler Esq. who rngaged iu the lU-bellion of 1716, and wboao
only BOn, Richard Butler Esq. died in prison the following year. The Esldtes were
sold, by Tirtuo of an Act of Parliament, in the year 1718, and ptimhasod by Thomu
Itoo Oont. whose daughter and heirosa marrivd John (Trance of Little Eccleston Esq.
whose only son, John Srauce Esq, held this Manor, and dying a.p. in 1817, deriied
his Estates to Thomas Wilson of Preston Omt. whose wife wna one of his next
of kin. Mr. Wihson assnmocl the surname of ilVsjicc, ami at his denlh, 9 Nor. 1828,
was succeeded by hia son, Thomas Robert Wilson trrancc Esq. the present Lord
of Iho Manor of Out Rawuliffe. 8ome parla of the Hall are very old, and it was
the teslamcuiary injunction of the late John fiVande Esq. that the Sautb front of
the house should never bo altered! It ia surrounded by what Cowley hails, as
" old patrician trees so great and good," and is enliTened by a Kookcry and a
Heronrr.

• A new Church at Inekip, built on o site given, with £500, by the Earl of Derby,
and endowed by the Rev. William Horubj M.A. Tiear of 8t. Michael's, was conao-
crated on the S7th of December 1B4S, by the Lord Biahop of Mancheiter.

2llr.inrri> of 3inouiiBcrnrt)». 4^1

3^1^ n Upper Ilawcliff there is b School tauglit, the Iiit.[crcat] UatDtlifl
f^& of 30' being given some time agoe by Rich.[ard] Cornall^*^'"'''
for y" maintenance of a Poor Scboolmaster in this TownsP, viz.
an. [no] 1708.

The Master is nominated by y* Vicar and 2 other Truatees.

Here is a School erected long agoe by [the] Inhab. [itants,] cal- «rtal
led Copp School, Imt never endowed till lately, viz. 17U; one IgJ}""
'WiU.[iani] Pyld [of Great Ecclcston yeoraan,] left [the] Int.[erest]
of y* llcmainder of bis Pera.[onal] Estate, amount, [ing] to about
250'j for a Master to teach Poor Children here, or in some other
part of this townsP, [by Will dated 26th Sept. 1719.]

[The] Master [is] Nom.[inated] byTbo.[ma8] and Jon.[athan]
Dobson, Wil.Qiam] Townsend, and their heirs.

The same Wil!.[iam] Fyld gave 40" p.[er] an.[uuin,] to be paid
out of land, to y* poorest householders of this townsP.

An. [no] 1731, Tbo.[ma8] Clitherall Gent, left by Will, 5' p.[er] «rc(it
au.[num,] charged upon his Lands and y* Advowson of y* Viear- jnAinp ici
idgc, for a Master to Instruct 26 of y* poorest children in Great ^(fiaof.
Eceleston and Inskipp cu Crosmore.

[The] Master to be chosen by Rieh.[ard] Crombleholm,s Clerk,
[\'icar of St. Michael's 1715 — 29,] and his heirs; and if he
remove to Kop-School, or ever enjoy W" Field's Gift, then ano-
ther to be chosen.

BRSi ftiett by Tho.[mas] Kuowles^ of Sowerby an.[no] 25 Char. Cfistitlti.
SH pes] 2d, [8tU Feb. 168G,] for y« Poor of Sowerby, 50" p.[er]

' The Chuitf CanmuMiunn's iu tho yMr 1B26, rcporUvl that the onl; nadoirmeDt of
thi* School, which had lately been rebuilt by aubscription, on the site of oao that Ml
down ftbont BiitooB yean preceding, is " anppOBed to hayo been givnn by Thomaa Cli-
IhoralL" Thu MnalpT wna nppoinlod by tho Subwribers to the building of the Sohool,
anil by Mr. Hit-hard Hnirison of Singleton, who iiet4>d bb Trustee. No children w
l«ught frro.

• Hia Bon, tho Rflv. William CromlohoIinB M.A. Vicar of St. Michael's, nuirried
Anne, third lUugliter of Aloinnder EuCkr of KirUwid Kaq. and of bis wifa Elizabeth,
daughtur of Thomaa Fnrkur of Browahohno Eiq.

^ The evil of non iliBlribiiliou wiw of long (lonlinuancr, lu it wu not until the year
1782 Hint a Det-ri^tf of l]\e Cnurl of ChantiTj pkrod (bp Ohurilj on its right fouoda-

462 jiotitta CriBtrirnBtB.

an.[iiura,] Inskipp, 50 p. [er] aii.[num,] aud Tamacre, 50* p.[er]
an.[iiuni,] out of Lands in Goosnargh and Chippen. Not distri-
buted as it ought to be.

Given by John Hudson ■lO*' p-[er] an.[num] to -t poor bouse-
boldera of this TownsP, an. [no] 1732, "to buy them such things
as they stand most in need of against the great yearly Festival of
the Nativity."

ffl^aSaKieit,' Ccrtif.[ied] au.[no]
^g 1722, y' nothing belongs to it. This
Chap.[el] was built about an.[no] , by [the] contrib.[utions]

of [the] Inliab. [itants] and neighbours. It stands upon a Com-
mon called the Wastes or Leys, uniuciosed.

Divine Serviee was performed in this Chap. [el] in y* memory
of sevemll now living ; but for many years together [it] was used
for a School, till King Jam" Toleration, w" the Presbyterians
seized it, and have used it for a Meeting ever since. V.\icar] of
S*- Mich'' Account, an.\nQ\ 1722.

tion. The Estate of JjOwdscalei eon^iata of Hfty-aii acres, and tlio rent bns ranged
(or loine time between £S5 and £115 per anDum. "AU taxes to the Church and
King," and neoesaaty rppaira, are defrnjed out of tho inpomo, nceordiug lo the Tests-
tor'* Will.— Ckariif Cum, R/p.

' Thia Meeting Houae at Elswici Leca is said by Calamj to have been foundod by
Mr. Cuthbert Harrison in the venr 1672, by Boyal Licence ; and allhongh be hold
Presbyterian opinions it haa paaBcd into tho hands of the Independents. Mr, Harri-
BOn was bom at Newton In the Parish of Kirkbam, educated at Cambridge, appointed
by tho Seronth Claasis to Singleton Chapel, (see p. 4£3, Note,) and afterwards ob-
tained a Licence from Biebop Wilkins to preach in bia own house at Bank-Geld. Ho
died in 1680. — See p. 420. Uis descendant was Bicbard HarrisoD of Bank-Seld
Xiq. wboBo daugbtiv and heiretis married in 1B46, Mr. Kdwards Atkinson.

There appears, bowcver, to bavo been a Chapel at lilBwick in 1650, as the Commia-
■ioQen in that year reported that the Inhabitants of Elawick being iiny families, and
flTe miles from their Pariab Church, " haTe lately, with the voluntary and free assist-
anee of some neighbouring towna, erected a Chappcll in Elawiek aforeaaid." £60 a
year bad been granted by the Conimit(«c of Plundered Miniatera to such a Minister as
should be approTod by tha said Committee, but none had then baen either eleoled or

Scanrrg of amounDrmroii.

S^^ ®Vi' A Cbappell newly erected, viz. Sugm.

2^U an[no] 1723, near Elswick, w'' being
never Consecrated and in [the] possession of Diss. [enters,] it was
thought more proper to build a new Chap, [el] here y" to seize
upon that.

spproTed. — Pari. Inq. Lamb. lAbr. In uiother part of the luqiUBition there ii b re-
mmmt^ndatioa thkt EUnick ihould be made a ■Pparate Fviah, with additioni to ita

> Dedicated to St. Anoe. Vsloe in 1B34, £05. KegiBti^^9 nt 8t. Michael's.

Although Copp Chapel is unic EUwick it is situated in the Townihip of Qntat
lEccleatoii. The foUowing tetters respecting the founilation of thin Chapel are ad'
dnned by John flVance E,ii\. aud Ibe Ber. 'Williun Diokaon, %'icar of Kirkham,
[1780— 1744,] to William Stratford Eaq. Commiasarj of Riohmoud and Secretary
to Bishop Qaatrell : —

"Ecclnton p'tsi, Aug. 3, 172i. Upou some disooarse wit!i Mr. Diion about Copp
Cbapell, I give you the trouble of this. When Subscrip'" were desired tow"* build'
the »' Chapoll, it was proposed and iotendod to be not only for the use of the Inhab"
of St. Michael's but likewise for the use of seteral other ToHTishijis which lye in the
Parish of Kirkham, remote from their Pariah Church ; and the Inbab" of this Fariih
hare Contrib'' more towards the Build' than those of St. Michael's, and w' lure
erected it within Kirkham Parish if the situat" had been thought equally ci
Aud, likewise, the person who promised to raise the hundred pouods ton''* the
Queen's Bounty, gave a Note touching the same, irilh conditions in favour of Kirk-

" Before the s'' Chapell was erecti-d the two Vicam of the Pariahca bC wore together,
seemed to eneoflrago our proceedings, and talked amirably and agreeably ah' Nomi-
nat", JLU. ; but since the Cha]>vU was built, several proposal* have been made to ■w'^
the Vicar of Kirkbani bas conscnled, but [Mr. Richard Cromblebolme,] the Vicar of
8t. Michael's, [1715 — 1729,] seems to disUkc them. One of the •■ proposals waa,
that the dctermio* of that alTair might bo referred to the Bishop of Chester, whose
generous offer to procure a hundred pounds towards the Endowment of this Chapell,
gave great eucouragomeat lo our undertaking the building thereof. Some persona
have refused to pay their Subscript", on protenco that the Vicsr of St. Michael's has
departed from former proposals -. but we hope (if thete differences C be amicably set-
tled to the satisfaction of the neighb^ that not only the old, but likewise several new
Subscript"* might be procured, especially if our grateful Behaviour for by-past &vouib
may coDtinue his Lordship's Countenance and Encouragoment ; aod we desire jou to
reprcsenl this matter to him as litvourably as you think it will boar.

"Pursuant to the Intimat" in my former Letter, Mr. Dixon and some others went
to view Mr. Crombleholme's Estate in Ooosnargh for ^'*' be asks £440. If the

454 iSlotttia (^rstricnais.

Augm.[entcd] au.[uo] 1724, «"> 2001; one 10(V by [the] D" of
St. Paul'V [and the] other 100' by Contrib. [ution.]

itliav.WC- S]^ffl®0^l2U»^ff©N,' Certif.[ied]

g^B S'-O'-O'', viz. Rent Charge upon [an]
Estate of John Warren Esq. 1' ; Iiit.[cre8t] of 4^, 2'. It sh^ be
GO', but 201 is thought to be Lost.

Disliop would plcQBO to continuo hia fnvour and to oppoini wliom he thiokfl proper to
treat for tha saine, or bqj otber Eetate tluit may be thought more advantagcooi, the
same w' be tl'TT gratefully accepted b; his and jour obliged and bumble Serv',

" (aignod) John pfbakcb."

" 8', This account from Mr. Franco jou may observe ia of a piece with tbat which
I Bont : and I ain humbly of opinion that as Mr. Franrv has b«eu the chief instnunent
in Fronioting this building of Copp Cbapel, eo it would be agreeable to the people if
he cou'd have a share in the Nomination, together with the Vicars of St. Michael and
Kirkham. Whatprer you do in this afiUr ought to be thankfully acknowledged by
all that wish well to our good Church, and always ahall be by your obliged and hum.
Serr', (Signed) Wm. DiCKaOK."

Oastrell's MSS. in He SeffUirg, Cheiter.

The Cbapol is a brick building, &nd in 1841 a small Tower and Burial ground were
added. Tbs Tioar of St. Michael's ia the Patron. There is a Parsonage House.

' The Dean of St. Paul's was Henry Oodolphin D.D. brother of Sidney, Earl of
Oodolphin K.Q-. Ho was tho Volpone of Dr. SachorereU's famous Sermon. Insti-
tntcd FroiOBt of Eton in 1696, and Installed Dean of St. Paul's in 1707, which dig-
nit; he resigned in 17£€. He gave £4,000 for the augmentation of email liiTings, in
conjunction with the QoTcmars of Queen Anno's Bounty, and £1,000 to tho Corpo-
ration of the Sons of the Olergy i and to their Collection, on the Thursday before he
died, he sent f 100. He gate large sums in private charity for the relief of poor
families and of single persona in distress. Ho died at Eton, of which College he liod
been Frorost thirty-seron years, on the S9ih of January 1732-8, aged eighty-four, in
the possenion of all his bcultios. A Whig in politics, he was always gentle, moderate,
and conciliating, and like hii celebrated brother, was a warm advocate of what waa
called BcUgioUB Liberty. Several Litings in the old Diooese of Chester were ang-
mcated out of his Fund.

> Patron Saint unknown. Yolue in 1634, £96. Begisten b^ in 1603.

The Manor waa held by Robert de Stockport, who died in the £3d Henry III.
leaving a daughter and heiress Joan, married (1) to Nicholas lie Eton, and (2) to Sir
Jalin dc Ardem. By her first hiisbaod she had iasue Robert, lo whom Iho nccond
husband released all liii right in the Manors of Plumpton nod Fonnbv, in the year

Hibm [before 1672,] to the Poor by Geo.[rge] Nicolaon, e^Tltlri.
210'; by Tho.[nia3j Hoghtou 3' p.[cr] an.[num,] in Land.

l&Wi and &lgo a bod Nicholas de Eton, vho, b; Heed, s.d. conflnnol to Margvr; do
Ardem the Mnnor and Advowson of Wood plump ton, wbioh Joan his mother had
granted to Iha said Mftrgory, daugbler of Sir John da Ardem. — Watson's Hutorj/ of
lie Butue of Warm, vol. ii p. 233. Cicok-j, Bistor of Suburt de Stockport, and ulti-
matelj boireas of tbo Etocs, who assumed the Bunuune of Stockport, oonvcjed the
Manor, by mniriago, to Sir Thomas Wamsn of Pojnton, in whose descendants it
ooDtinuod until Eliiabeth Harriet, only child of Sir George Warren, tranaferred it,
b; muriage, in the year 1777, to ThomaB Jtunea, Viscouat Bulkele;, whose kinsman.
Lord de Tabloj, i* the present Lord of thu Manor.

The Chapel, with a low Tower, existed b the yen 1677, was rebuilt in 1630, and
ho* ODdergono manj alterations since; in 1660 tbo Chapelry was staled to be thrc«
miles in length and two miles in breadth, and comprised two hundivd and tweut;
fsmiles. " The Hiniatur of Uichacl's bad formerly paid to the Minister of tbo
ParochiaJl Chappet of Wood Plumpton £i per annum, out of the Small Titbea of
the whole Parish." The Committee of Plundered Umietcrs allowed £60 per annum ;
but thcro appears to have been no Curate at the time of the Surrej. — ParL Inq.
Lantt. Libr.

The Yicar of St. Michael's appoints tbo Curate. There is a Parsonage-house.

' WoodplumptOD llttll was the ancient Manor-house of the Warrens, And was pnr-
olusod b; the Ycrf Bey. Dr. Thomas Calirrt, the late Warden of Manchester, in
whose [amil; it is now vested.

* Alice Nicholson uf Bartel, widow, gave £100 bj Deed dated the 4th of Jannar;
1661, " far the moiiitenBnoc of a Free School within the Manor of Woodplumpton •"
and bj Will dated the 1st of Februar>- 1664, gave to the said School £10 more I'ho
Schoot'house wns built in 1666, according to the date orer the door.

* John Hudson of Lea, by Will dated the 22d of February 1676, gave to the
Feoffees of the said School for its augmentation £20, on condition that the heirs of
tite house where he then dwelt should bo adniilled, &ee of charge, for cror.

I

jlotitia CeatrieiWM.

DisiM.*;

I

®01?r®N,' [in the Pvlde.] Certif.[ied] 29. 18*-

I OSJ'', viz. Glebe Laud, [12 acres,] and Church Yard,

2'-9'-0<i; prescript. [ion] for Tyth Hay, Hemp, and

Flax, 5'-15»-5d; Tyth Hay, in kind, 31-18'; East.[er]

J dues, as let, 9'; Tyth Geese, Hemp, and Flai, in kind, as let,

11-15'; Tyth Pigs, i'-l^.O"; Surp.[lice] fees, 5'.

Ad.[uo] 1687, aich.[ard] Fleetwood esq. of Rosse-Hall, gave

< DedicBtciI to St. Chad. Value in 1834, £267. Segislcrs begin in 1591.

Poltun at the Domesday Sixttbj, consisted of two earucBtes, one of which when
Boger of Poictieri founded the Priorj of LanoaBter, belonged to the Church, which
proves that within ten years after the Conquoet a Church eiistcd here, although it is
not included in the great record. The Church and Manor were giren by the B«d
Roger to the Priorj of Lancaster, although by his defection, the Priory had a quei-
tionnble title; and in the reign of Bichard I. Theobald Walter quitclaimed hia right
in the AdTowson to the Monks of 8ee« and Lancaster. The Abbot of Cockenand
having elaima in this Pariah agreed with the Prior of Lancaster on a compositiott of
the Tilhe* of Lanrasler, Pulton, and Biscophejm ; " Compoaitio anper Dccimis En-
clc8. do Pultiiona, Anno 7° Regis JohanniB."^C*art« MUcellaH. in the Argmntati^*
q^ce, marked E. 9 ; Ducarcl'e Sfpert. Jlc. In the year 1246 John Romanua, Arch-
deacon of Richmond, confirmed a moiety of this Church to Iho Priory of Lancaster,
on the conditlona mentioned in the account of Bisfhau, (aee p. 399.) Ordinatio
Yicariffi de Pullon a.d. 1276. In the Regiater of Charters belonging to the Priory of
St. Marj, in Lancaster. Sari. Bib. No. 3764. Ducnrol'g Sep. Jlc.

In 1291 the Yicarsge waa valued at £6. 13a. 4d.

In the 2d Henry V. the Priory of Lancaster was held, in Trust, for the Abbeil
and Conrcnt o( Sion, and pending certain negotiations, William Eonwolmenb,
the Lord Chancellor, presented a Ticar to Poulton, The grant of the Convent,
in &ank almoigne, was executed by the Trustees in 1430 ; and in the same year the
Ticarage was endowed or augmented by the Abbess, and William de Croukeabagh
instituted on the presentation of the ConTcnt of Sion. In the 11 tb Henry VIII. the
Tithe Sheaf of Pulton and a Tenement were leased to the Vicar by the Conyent, to
enable him the better to keep and maintain his house iu Pulton.

At the Dissolution, the Manor and Advowson passed to the Crown, and Edward
Tl. presented to the Living in 1552. Shortly afterwards they were alienated, and
became vested in John Fleetwood of Penwortham Esq. ; and whilst Iho former de-
scended to his representative. Sir Peter Hesketb Fleetwood Bart. M.P. the latter is
now vested in the Rev. Charles Heakoth M.A.

In 1650 the Parliamentary Commissionera returned Sir Paul Fleetwood Knt. as
Patron of the Vicarage of Poulton; and that the I'itbei of Poulton, btarton, and

457

KV p.[cr] aii,[aum] to this Cliurcb, charged upon Lands. V.[ide]
Deed in New Reg. [ister.]

Aii.[uo] 1717, Mr. Bains gave to [the] Miu. [ister] of Poolton
six Acres of Land, [of the] val.[ue of] 4'.10' p.[er] an. [num.]
Patron, Mr. Fleetwood of Hossc-Hall.
Pultou 12'. Putr.[ou, the] Ab.[bess] of Syon. MS. L.
[The] Church of Pulton was given to [the] Pri,[orj'] of Lan,
[caster] by y" Founder of y' Pri.[ory,] ; and an, [no]

1226, 2 p" of y* Tyth Com of Pulton [were] settled on [the] Ab.
[bey] of Sayes and [the] Pri.[ory] of Lane. [aster.] MS. Eb.{or^
v.[ide] Mon.\aiilicon^ sup.[ra.]

[A] Mediety of [the] Church of Pulton [was] confirmed to
[the] Ab.[bcy] of Sayes and [the] Pri.[ory] of Lan.[castcr] by
[the] A.[rch] Deac.[on] of Richm'*, an. [no] 1246, wt*" [a] grant
of y" other mediety after y" death of y" tlien possessour, proridcd
that w" both parts shall acenie a Vicar sliall be presented by the
said Ab.[bey] and Pri.[ory,] who shall receive 20' p.[cr] an,
[num.] MS. Eb.\pr,] v.[ide] Bispbam.

Biipluia cum Norbreke, were Impropriate to Baron Bigb^, and north £90 it jmr i
that tho Tithee of Hardhomo cum Newton, Carlton, Thomlon, nnd part of Binpbam
com Norbreke, were Impropriate to Sir Thomas Tildfslej, a delinquent, under seques-
I, and north £143 per amium i and that the Tithe* o( Lajton ncre Impro-
pnato to Alexander Kigby £»]. and north £.2,0 lOa. per annum.

The Vicarage-bouse of Poulton and tno acre* of Glebe were worth iOs. a jwr.
Tho smail Tilhe, and Tithe Salt, &c. were formerlii worth £60 per nnnuin, but were
then raluod at .£55 per annum. The Ticiir wai Mr. Peler Wlijte, formerly an able
and painful MiniBter, but then Ter; aged and infirm, so that the Cnre was aupplied
bj Mr. JdIid Bricrlej, who had an allowance; but tbo Parishioners desired that ho
might hare further allownnoo and oneoumgement there. Tho Township of Uartou

IS described as being fire miles from Foulton, and the Inhabitants, in tbo Winter

iBOn, being for the most part debarr^l b; the water fivm attending snj Church,
desired that they might be made a Pariab, haTing Lajl^n, Lajton Rakes, nud Block-
pool, being adjoLuiug hamlets, unneied, and that a Church or Chapel might he orocttN],
a Minister appointed, and a competent maintenance allowed.— Par/. lug. Lamb. IMf.
toL ii.

The Toner U of tho time of Charles I. The Chance! naa repaired in 1672. In
1735 a Brief was obtained for Poulton Church; and the Nave was rebuilt in 1761.
Tho Fleetwood Cliopel, within n parelose, contains numerous monuments of that

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f'

468 ^otitta CrtttrintKts.

An.[uo] 1246, the Church of Pulton and [the] Chapel of Bia-
copham were approp.friatod] to [the] Priory of Lane. [aster;] and
at [the] Diss, [olution] of [the] Priory [were] given to [the] Mon.
[astery] of Syon, who were then [the] Patrons. MS. Eb. [or.]

An.[iio] 1422, [a] Vic.[ar was] iustit.[uted] upon [the] pre-
sentation of W.[illiam] Kynwolment, [Kenwolmersh] Treasurer
[and Chancellor] of Eng.[land,] to whom, w^i others, H.[enry] 5
had lately granted the Priory of Lane, [aster,] &c, Reg.\ister of]
Archd.\eacon\ Boioel, fol. 15, 16.

An.[no] 1552, [the] Crown presented. Inst.[ilution} B.[ook,']
1, p. 40.

An. [no] 1565, John Fleetwood of Penwortham [presented.] lb.

An. [no] 1674, Rich, [ard] Fleetwood, Patron. B. [ook,] 2, p. 144.

[There are 5 townships,] for W^^ 5 Churchwardens serve, viz.
Poolton, Stayning, (divided into 2 Hamlets, Hardhom and New-
ton;) Marton, (Great and Little;) Carlton, (Great and Little;)
Thornton, (Staynoe, [Stainall,] Holmes, and Trummali.)

Every Easter y* old Church w. [ardens] write down every one
three [persons] living in y* townsP for w"* he serves, out of V^
the Min.[iBter] chooses one.

The Clark is chosen by y" Heir of Stayning Hall, now Joh[n]
Mayficld Gent, a Papist, 1722.

Rossall,^ Burn,3 Staining,'' [and] Carlton.^

' Bosanll Hall vas originall; a Qrui^ bolnnging to Ihn Abboj of Diculocrea in the
oounty ofSlattbrd, and given to tiist House bj King John, at the request of Banolph
de BlimdenU, Enrl of Cheater, the Founder. Id tbe 31st Uenr; ITT. the Manor of
Btuall wna eonflnncd to tho Abbuj. BosoU wsa hold at tbe Kuformntion bj Qeorgo
Alllm, on a Lease granted bj hie comin, tho Abbot of DieulocTcs. This Qeorge wai
tho father of John Ailen, whose second son, William Allen D.D. vaa bom here in
1S32, educated at Oriel College, Oxford, end in 1S5S eleeted n Canon of York. On
the accMsion of (iuoon Eliiabctb he retired lo Louyain, and fonnded a College at
Daua; for English Scholars, supported by a grant from the Pope. He uuit«d with
Father PersonB, and other diatojot Jesuit s, in persuading Philip II. of Spain to uoder-
t«ke tho Conquest of England, and restore the Papal authority. As a reward for his
•enicos, he nas appointed Archbishop of Mechlin, and elected Cardinal of St. Martin
in MontiboB. He was a zealons, deroted, and consistent member of his Church ; and
although his nnnatanl hostility to bia Queen and country was powerless, uo part of

]3raiiri'j> of ^mountirmcttti. 459

^5W School, endowed by Mr. [James] Bains [of Poulton, by {Tlianilan
^SVViU dated 6th Jan. 1717,] w^- 15> p.[er] an.[nuni,] in *t)ooI.
Land.

[Tbe] Master [is] Nom.[inatcd] by 7 Trustees in y^ TownsP.

[Here is] another School, endowed by Mr. Biiius" w'^ [a] barton
house and Land [of the] val.fuc] of ab' 10' p.[er] an.[uuTn.] Sfftool-

[The] Nom. [illation] of y* Master [is vested] in 7 Trustees of
y* TownsP.

[Here is] another Sehool endowed by Mr. Bains w"" [a] house ^iBftiinQ
and Land val.[ued] at near 20' p.[er] an. [num.] ^rt)oaI.

[The] Master [is] Nom.[inated] by seven Trustees, pursuant to
Mr. Bains' Will.

its fiulure was atCiibutable to the CirdianL He died in IG£U at Bome, ■pparcmtly
buncuting hia formor political hatrod towardi England. — Lane, MSS. vol. lii. At
the Diuolution of Dieulactce the rercrsian of the RotnoU Lease was purchased of
Btmrj Till, by Eiiniund Fleetwood Eaq. wlioao grflodson sufcaoded to tbc Eetate in
156S. Tbir propertjr was contejed in Diarriage, in 1733, b; tlia daughter and heirme
of Edward Fleetwood Eaq. to Eogpr Ueakcth of North Meola H»q. and deocundod to
hia rapreaentatire, Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood Bart. He biu, howerer, latelj aban-
doMd Bouall OS a place of Tesidence.

* Bnni H^, with » domestic Obapel, ba-ving an oab wainscot richl; carvod, now
desscrated, is a building of the fiJWnth ccntiuy, and was anciently a acet of the
WestbjB of Mowbreck, from whom it passed, in marriage, with the daughter and
beinsa of John Weatby Eaq. in tbc early part of the last eentury, to Mr. Benison,
the last of whose family is said to have mined himself by an absurd attempt to adapt
tbe busbondrj of Yirgil'a Oeorgias to the climate of England. Tt is now a farm-
home, and belongs to the Eossall Estate.

■ Staining Hall wiw purchased by George SingtetoD Esq. of Sir Thomas Uolte of
Griilehurst, in tbe time of Henry Vill. and the family continned here at Dugdaie'a
Tisitation.— Zone. MSS. vol. xii. The village of Singleton Thorpe, in this peninaulo,
was woabed away by a sudden irruption of the sea, in 1GS6.

' Carlton was in the posseesion of a family of the local name in the 5tli Henry ni.
and continued to bo their Manerial nnidcnce until the death of Laurence Carlton,
in 155S, when Margaret, wife of Thomas Almond, was his sister and heir. The
Sberhumes of Stonyhursl aHurwards held the Manor, which poised, by the Will
of Sir Nicholas Sherburne, in 1717, to hia only daughter and bciresa, Mary, Duchess
of NorfoH, who, by Will, in 1749, settled her real Estate upon Edward Weld of
Lttlworth CoBllc Esq. and hia heict male. Joaeph Weld Esq. is now the owner of the
Manor, and the HoU is a farm-house.

■ The Bcv. TImmaf Brrer, the prcacnl Iiicumhcnl of Marton and Master of the

460 0.otiti& erstrtntsiB.

A School [was] erected by sevcrall of [the] Inhab. [itants. The]
Revenue [is] alraut 7' p-[er] aii.[num,] viz. 40» given by S' Ni-
cholas Shcrbum, [in 1697;] 40" by W"" Palmer, [Bambcr? in
1688;] 20 a y' by Mrs. [Margaret] Bickerstaff, [in 1716;] 20-
by Eiiz.[abetli] Wilaon, [in 1680;] 10" by John Wilson. It was
bnilt upon y* Waste by leave of S' Niclio.[las] Sherboum, Lord
of y" Manour, [who stipulated to have permission to keep his
Courts in the School of Carlton.]

[The] Master is elected by [the] Esect' and relations of y*
Beuefactours.

aibrn to [the] Poor by Mr. Bains' [the] Int.[erest] of SOQi,
to be distributed yearly among poor Housekeepers not
receiving Alms, viz. to Poolton Towns, [hip the] Int. [erest] of
400" J to Thornton, Marton, Stayning, and Carlton, [the] Int.
[eat] of 100' each.

School, was BppoiDtM in the jesr 1814, and, aAar tbirtj^-fivo years' Inbonr, tliiu
■poak« of tbo condition of the place preriouB to his appointment : " I fonnd the
population uncouth, rude, brutal, and if I ms; use tlio eipresaion, positiTcly Dbstinate
in barbari^, and its attendant con»cqucnce«, and entirelj' deititute of thoac (eelinga
which loleXj characterise a liberal eilucation, — bo that it might Irul}' be said that
the Bchoolmiuitcr had bwn abroad." lie returned, howorer, to Marton in the per-
son of Mr. BrjcT \ and the pioua intentions of the Founder of the School haru since
been well rpaliieil. Id 1B31 the Endowment of the School, consisting of a house and
twentj'-lH'o acres of laud, waa Talued at £69 per annum.

^ This sum of £800 was expended in Land, consisting of a farm-house uid 36a. 21 p.
of the measure of seren and a half jards to the pereb, in Little Csrtton, and now let
for £100 per annum. The benefactor also proTitled that Poor Chililn-n should be
bound ApprcDticce, as well as the poorest sort of Inhabitants of Poulton rcUored.

Mr. Jamca Baiocs has been described as "tbo represent at iTO of a long' line of Oen-
llemen in tbe Hundred of Lonsdale." Tbo onl; proofs adranced in conflrmation of
this claim, are bis liberal and amplo charities. He was an ancestor of tho Bight
Honourable Matthew lalbot Baiues, M.P.

]9rAnrr!* of llmounOrviienii.

aiS2:®K,' Certif.[ied] by [tliej Vicar uu.[do] irOfi, V.. f..S,.ft,
not above 57', {4^ of w"" to bo paid to [the] Cuntte of m. 11.T.
Broughton Chap,[el,] viz. one Acre of Ttaml} (ircat!f/['- •; •; J
Tyths of one Towdbp about 12' p.[er] an.[nura;] Sinnll ",^^''1 T"'
Tytlis and East.[er] duea uncertain; tlie roat Surp.[Iice] Kcc». '"^JS^r^*
V.[ide] Pap. Reg. T™' '«

By other accounts it appeara to be a good lOO" [t.fcr] an.(uuin,] HL'ti^vr
part of w^i* is precarious; but the Vicar now allowM it to Ik^ alKrvc
SO* p.[er] an.[nuni,] in such dues m niay he lirgally <Icin&»djrd,
an. [no] 1717.

Giren to " water dry and barren places in Ijancaahire," or U>
"direct the People to the glory of a Preaching Miniater at Prcnton,"
bj Mr. [Henrr] BauMter of Umdtaej, Iff p.[er] sa.[niinO The

to»t.Mm,titc»Um.

463 ^otiii.1 Ctstrunsie.

Mayor and Coiincili uf I'rcaton were Trustees for y* money [£200,
being part of a Legacy of £600,] w"*" hath been laid out in Land
in Broekhotes near Preston, and is now applyed to a Curate.

An.[no] 137-1, [a Clerk] Tnst. [ituted] to [the] Reet.[ory] of
Preston upon [the] Present, [ati on] of [the] D.[uke] of Lancaster.
Reg. Charlton, t 16.

The Church of Prestou in Amundemesse belonged to y Dutchy
of Lancaster till it was Approp, [riatcd] to y' Collegiate Church of
St. Mary of lieicester; and then a Vicaridgc was ordained. MS.
Eb-lor.j

An. [no] 1421, [a] Present, [ation] to [the] Vic.[arage] of Pres-
ton by [the] Dean and Coil.[ege] of St. Maryes [of] Leicester.
Reg.[isler of} Archd.[eacon} Bouiet, f. 11.

Val.[ue] 16'. Patr.[on, the] Coll.[ege] of Leicester. MS. L.

An. [no] 1580, John Bold of Northmeals esq. Patron. Insl.
[itution} B.lookil 2, p. 3.

35 Eliz, [abcth,] Henry Bold, Patr.[on.] /*.

4th Jolin. Henry III. pro«enlcd to tlie Uying, Henry, npphcw of (ho Bishop of
WincheiUr. In I35e Huor;, Dake orLaucosUr, wax the FntniDi nnd m 1371 John
of (Hunt presented to the Liriiig. Whitaker gtatoa that the Adfownon waa conferred
bj Honiy, Duke of Lancsater, on his new College of Leice«ler. Not long before that
ment the Abbot aud Convent of Whallej caat a longbg eye upon thia wealthy bone-
See, and presented a Petition to the Duko of Lanoutpr for a donation of it ; but
great as their iotercBt then iras with the detcendant of their Founder, the application
did not aaceevd. Whitaker had not teamt the date of the Appropriation; but Dr.
Ducwel rocordi, " Appropriatio Eocleaiiu de Freeton Monaster, de Syon ; Dat. 17 die
Junli, i.D. 1420." Two In»tnimi>nt», Charta Miicetl. in lie Angm. C^cr, marked B.
10, B. 11. The Dean and Canona of 9t. Mary's CoUoge, Leieester, prevented to the
Ticarage until the time of Edward VI. when the Crown obtained the patronsge,
which it alienated to the Bold family, from whom it passed to llie Hoghton* of
Hoghton Tower. The AJtowbou was oonTeycd, by sale, to the Feoffee* of William
Hulme of Hulmo and Kearaley Eaq. by Sir Henry Pbilip Hoghton Bart, who died in
18B6. In 1650 the Inquisitors returned Preston aa a Vicarage in tbo Patronag" of
Sir Richard Hoghlon Bart, the Impropriator of the Tithpa, which were Talned at
£176. 12a. lOd. "Mr, Isaac Ambrose, a painfull Min', is Vicar of Prestou, and receire*
for his Sollory the profitti of his whole Vicarage, w'', about 30 yeara since, was worth
■b' 100 nurkes per ann. but in these distrectod troublesomo times, the same is not so
much worth i besides which there is £60 per ann. of an augment" from the Com. of
Plund. Min", and £60 per mia. forth of y* BereiHic of the Duchy of Laocasler, to

Sttmno of aniounOrrmsR. 468

Aii.[uo] 1603, [A] Vicar presented by virtue of a tiraut from
S' Rich, [ard] Houghtoii of Houghton Tower. lb. p. 37.

An.[uo] 1030, [the] King presented upon y" Outlawry of S'
Rich.[ard] Houghton. V.[ide] Stibs.[cnption] B.[ook. Sir Rich-
ard Houghtoii is afterwards stated to have presented Mr. James
Starkie, on the 2d December 1632. Imt. Bk.]

Patron, S' Hen. [ry] Houghton Bart.

[A] Reader [was] nominated by [the] Mayor and Corporationj
and other Inhab.[itant3], V.[ide] Nom.[ination,] 1695.

2 Charters [were] granted by K.[ing] John and Heu.[ry] III.
to [the] Burgesses of Preston." MS. Hulm. 97, b. 4, 17.

Libert. Gildie* Mercat. concessEe Burgens. de Preston, by K.
[ing] Edw.[ard.] lb. 19.

Mr. Ambrose, us one of the foure Itinemnt Minigtera xrithin tho Counlj." — Pari. Inq.
Lamb, lAbr. Dr. Wliitaker dcgmbua tbo Church oe a good ordinarf bailding, euiUd
la the population and coDsequoDco of the plsre. The present NaTe vsa built in 1770,
the Tower in 1811, the Chancel in 1817, and in 1823 the Choir was renorated. In
IS46 a fine Eut Window, of stained ghiu, vai presented by Thomaa Oorman E»q.
tbe Uajor. Dr. Whitaker gives a description of the Chnreb prerioos to these re
vationi, — and adds some adiDiiBblu obaervationa on modern Churuh archiic<-lun!. —
Jliff. of Sichmondil^re, toL ii, p. 425.

Richard Wballcy foilnded a Ohantrj in tfaia Church, and vested lands in Sir Aloi-
■nder Boghton to maintain a Chaplain at the Altar of St. Crux in the said Chantry,
in 1498. This Chantry was commoDlj railed tbc Hoghton Box.

Bt. Mary'a Chaolcj, in Proalon Church, clistcd in 1535, snd was rctumod to the
Commiiiionera of Cbanlries in Lancashite in 1648.

In 1846 a Ticorage House was built.

* King John, in the jear 1199, oonfinned his father's Charter to Preston, and
gnnted to the Burgesses the whole toll of the Wapentako Htindred of Amounder-
ness, IbeiT Fair of eight days, paeturage, and liberty of taking wood in the forest
of Fulwood, towards building their town. In 1237, Henry TIL confinood the right
of postuiBgo on Fulwood Moor, with as much land aa they shoold wont, oat of
the forest, on which to build their town ; and in the 37th Honr; III. 1262, throe
hundred and twentj-four acroa, encroached from Fulwood, were confirmed to the
burgesses. Their Magna Ckarta, howercr, is dated 1565, and is the most valuable
of the fourteen Royal Cliarters, or Oonfirmations of Charters, possessed by the bur-

' The Quild Merchant, originally granted by Henry H. was confirmed and first
oobbrated in the 2nd Edwsrd III. It is still celebrated every twenty years, and is
mae of the most splanitid festivals in the kingdom.

464 ^otitia e*catrieRBi«.

Brotaim. 9. Lea, Ashton, Ingol, and Cottam, 1 ; Broughtou, Barton, Haigh-

toii, Elston, Grimsargli, Brockholes, Ribbletoii, and Fisliwick.
ftam. Tulketh,'' Lea,* Ebton,^ [and] Broekholes.?

^ctioald. ^^ ttt is a Free School,^ taught by a Master and UslieT, who

^5M ("J^ nominated by [the] Mayor and Councill. [The] Sal.
[ary] of [the] Master is SQi p.[er] an. [num.] more or Icssc, at
[the] discretion of [the] Mayor and Councill, besides a house and

' Tuttotli was hold bj Marmsduko de Tulkotb in tUo jear 1124 ; acd afWwunU by
Laumnce Travera of Nateb;. In the SGtb Edward III. Jolin de Travcrs vtu seized
of the same, and hia descendant, WiHiara Tra»er8, was living in 1613. The Estate
nrw in the possession of the Hesfceths In 1667 ; at whicb time the Hall had a Boman
OathoUe Chapel annexed to it. It still romains in the Heslietb iamilj.

' Lea vBB held by William, son and heir of Henry de Leo, and his daughter aod
heiress, Sibillo, married Sir Rlehard de lioghton in the 2d Ednord n. and oonvojed
the Uanor to her husband's &niily. Loa Hall, in tho 32d Eliiabetb, was the seat of
Thomas HoKhton Esq. who nas slaici there in the memorable feud with the Barou of
Kewton. After this Gital aSny Mr. Langton rotirod to Brougbton Tower, and WM
" there apprehended Ijing in his bed, sore wounded."

* ElstoD, or Ethnlstan, passed from fbe local ramily about the time of Edward UL
to tho Harringtons of WoUage, and from them to the HultoDS of Famwortb. It was
conTcjed, in mBrrlsge, by Jane, daughter and heiress of Christopher Htilton Esq. tc
Bogor Asahawe of Hall-o'th'-Hill, before the Slat Henry VII. ; and again by Anne,
daughter and heiresa of Thomas Asahawi.', to Sir Jolm RadelyfTe of Ordaall, (who
died in 1689,) by whose son it waa sold to Sir Thomas Walmesley. The principal
owner ia now Thomas Walmesley of Asbton House near Frcatoo Esq. Elston Hall
waa sold in 1740 to Thomaa Poster Buckley of BucUey and Beaumont Hall Eaq. foe
£1,900 ; and now belongs to the GoTemors of Bushell's Hospita! in Gooanargb.

' Brockbolea was held by Boger do Brochol In the 38tb Henry III. and hia
descendant, I4icholas de BrocboUa, about the 2d Henry IV. died, leaiiug two daugh-
tera and coheiresses ; one of whom married Thomas Singleton, and conieycd to him
the Manor, the capitiil meaauage called "Brockohall Hnll," and a Fishery, which were
in the tenure of Bobert Singleton Esq. in 1613. Shortly afterwards tbe Estate passed
to tho Winckloye of Frcalon \ and Thomaa Winckley of Brockholea Eaq, having mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of William Plumbe of Watertree Eaq. and widow of Sir Bobert
Heikctb Bart, (she died in 1792,) left lasue an only daughter and hoirGas, Frances,
who married, on the 4th of June 1807, Sir John Shelley Bart, and conveyed the
Uanor to bis family. Over the hall door of the bouse are the arms of Brockholes, in
alto relievo.

• Tanner, wrilbg to Dr. Xennett, In 17(ffi, aays, " I remember to have met in our
old friend Dr. Hulton'a Collections, with Qrammar Schools at Richmond and

Sfantrg of ^moimDrmcss. 465

field, worth about 6' p.[er] an. [num,] given by Barthol. [omew]
Worthington in 1663. The Usher's Sal.[ary] is 13'-6'.8d.

[There is] a Charity Sehool for Boyes, endowed w'^ 15' p.[cr] 3BIur Coat
an.fnum] for a Master, luid 2' p.[er] an. [num] for buying Booksj
Paper, Ink, and Fire ; w"'' endowment w'*" a School-house, are y"
pft of Eog.[cr] Sudell, [by WiU dated 26th Jan. 1702.] The
Master is Nom.[inated] by y" Vicar and one of Mr, Sudell's exe-
cutors, [lu 1726 his nephew, the Rev. Christopher Sudell, Rector
of Holy Trinity in Chester, (brother of James Sudell, Woollen
Draper,) made Statutes for the Government of the School.]

There is another Charity School, for Girls, [which is] main-
tained by Contributions. 200' [was] given to both Schools, by
W" Shaw, [in 1720;] 100' by Mr. [Thomas] Losham, [in 1723;]
10" by Mrs. [Mary] Stanley, [in 1720;] 20 guin.[eas] by Mr.
Dan.[iel] Pultney, [M.P. from 1722 to 1734. His portrait is in
the Court House.]

[Bartholomew Worthington founded an Alms-house near Fish- ^mi-^atuui.
ergate Barrs, for decrepit people, in 1663; and the Corporation
have some Alms-houses.]

Hitatn to y" Poor of Preston by G.[eorge] Rogertson,' [inCfjaritirt,
1619,] 9' p.[er] an. [num,] iu Land; by S^ Tho.[mas] Hes-
keth, [in 1605,] and Seth Bushell, [Draper, in 1623,] 20' each;
Pet.[er] Burscough [of Walton,] and W"" Martin [of Preston, in
1631,] 40' each; J. Rogertson, Mrs. Sherburn, [in 1625,] and
Ja' Stopforth, 10' each; W. Rogertson, 4'; Silv. [eater] Ingham,
[in 1669,] 2' p.[er] an. [num,] on a house in Preston; Mr. [Tho-

Pksstok, in the 14th oantuiy, which were under the eogiuMnco of the An-hdMOon
of Biohmond, (who ;oii know had Epiecopol power,) and yet bad no relation to an;
Mligtoashoase<."--Sir 11. SOa' Leitrrt of Emi». Ut. Mm, (udikid tor the CxMSKIC
80CUTT,) p. aS9. 1843. Nothing in known of the origin of the School, oicept that
from a TBiy earlj' period it had been repaired and lupported bj the Corporation. A
■tipend of £S. 18*. tSd. was oharged upon the lands of the Duch; of LsuuastRr, For a
Clerk and Srhoolouuter at Preaton, in the time of Edward VI. The CorporUion
bM lately rebuilt the Sl-LooI in a Collegiate form.
' George Roger»on of Preston Qi-nt. settled £9 n year on the Poor of Preaton, and
VOL. II.] 3 o

466 ilotittn <?ratrtcnBiB.

mas] Crook, [in 1688,] 3' p.[er] aii.[iium;] Th.[oma8] Houghton,
[in 1&49,] 2'-14> p.[cr] an,[num,] on lands; Dor.[othy] Cosuey,
[in 1678,] 100", [the] (Int.[erest of wliich] to be disposed of by
Trustees;) J.[ohn] Davcson, [Dawson, in 1698,] lOQi; Rob.[ert]
Wliittington, [gliam, in 1690,] 68'; Mr. Tho" Hodgkinsou [of
Preston Gent, in 1697,] 50^; Mr. Tho' Winklcy [of Preston
Gent, in 1710,] Sff; Mr. W" Sudcll, 3' p.[er] an.[num;] Mr. Ja»
Sudcll [of Preston, "VVoollcn Draper, in 1698, for Bibles and Tes-
taments,] 1' p.[cr] an.[nuni, and 309. to the Poor; the] Int.
[crest] of 10', for Bread on Sacr. [anient] dayes, [by Mrs. Smith,
in 1710; .€200 by Henry Banister of Hackney Gent, in 1628, for
putting out ApprcDtieea ; Richard Hoghton, in 1613, gave £15 a
year to the Poor; James Ashton, in 1709, £100; John Faringtou
of Elston, in 1670, 40a a year.]

iaugnt, f^^ 1^3¥'[5EiU]' IN [the] town; erected

3^3 an. [no] 1724. Augment. [ed] aii.[Do]
1724 w*"- 2001 by [tlio] Contrib. [utions] of Mr. Peplo, and
others.

£4 a year od poor prisoniTS in Lancaster Caelle, by Deed dnted the 25tb of Janiuiy
1619, Bud appointed Soger Langton of Broughton Toner lEsq. onii of hie Tmstvce.
Mr. Laugtou nfterwardB married Margaret, widow of Mr. George Bogerson, and died
in 1G4-1 Bgwl eightj'-IlTe. His son, William LangtOD, was M,P. for Freelon dnring
part of the Long Farliamoiit. Ho is, howorcr, omitted in the list of Lancaabin
Membera gi»ea in vol. ii. p. 1, of the Chethim Bociety's publicationa. Carljle
attributes to him the letter aigaed W. L. M p. 256 of that work.

■ Dedicated to St. George. Value in 1834, £161. Begiatera at tho Parish Cbnrch.

This plain cruoiform edifice, buQt of briuh, but cued with stone in 1B46, is a Cha-
pel of Ease to the Mother Chucuh ; and haiing been built during the IncamboDi!;,
and through the Liudsble oieitioD* of Mr. Samuel Feploe, the redoubtable opponent
of Bishop QastroU, and the fearleas advocate of the UanoTerion suceesaioo, it wa«
dedicated — not to King Goorgo, his PntroD — but 1o the Patron Saint of Knglaud.
It was not consecTBtnl until 1T36, when the Foimdcc had the ainguhir and unex-
pected prifilcge of completing his own work.

Tho Yicar of Preston Bppoinia the Cunitp.

Scattrr^ of amounirnmesfi.

Mg »(!!t^«»ff©N,' Certif.[ied] 341 p. ((r|,a]].^at.

^^ [cr] an.[nuni,] viz. 20i.0a"-0O' from
an Estate of Mr. Langton'a, near y* Chap, [el,] lO" of W^ [was]
given loDgagoc by S^ Edw.[ard] Wirkiugton,^ [and] the remainder
by Kogcr Langton of Chester, about an. [no] 1712; [the] Int.
[erest] of 100" given by Ricb.fard] Crosse, 5'; Besides 4' p.[er]
an.[nuai] p^ by [the] Vic,[ar] of Preston.

I DeJicntcd to . ValuB iii 1834, £106, Registers begiu in 1653.

Dr, WTiitaker Bupposes that Broughtou being near the Homan Koad from Man-
oliMter to Laopualfr, by lilackrodp, recfiTed its oamo from a troM Komiui fort.
Tlie Manor vbs held in the ISth Edward II. bj Gilbert de Siogloton, who also poi-
seated a messuagp, lands, and two mills, ia Brougbton. This ia supposed to be the
foundation of the property of the Singletons of Broughton Toner, whieh conti-
nued in the famiJf until about the 13tb James, wben it passed to Roger Langton
of Preston, and was sold by Mr. Bawstome of Penwortham about tbe year 1810.
Part of the Estate vrts bought by the Tnist^ei of Etrkhnin Bchool; and another part
by James Rothwell of Hoolc Esq. bj trhose heirs it is now held.

Tbe Church existed beco in the 18Lh Uenry '\1Ii. as Laurence Stodaghe devised
his lands for the repairs of Broughton Church and the Church Bridges, if a School
was not foiindeiJ. Tlie dales 1537 and 1539 were formerly carrod on the oak roof of
the ChanceL lliere were two Chapels in the Chnreh : that on the Nortli side of the
Chaaeel was built by Thomas Barton of Barton Esq. who married Matilda, daughter
of GeoSrey Redmayne of Thornton In Lonsdale, in the sixteenth century i that on
the South, by the Singletons of Broughton Tower. The Nbtb of the Church was
rebuilt in 1922. The old and handsome Tower bearing the data 1533, was preserved.
The arms of Singleton, Langton, Barton, and Budmayne, which, with their initials,
decorated the old Churuh, are preserved in the exterior of tbe Eutem gkble; and
engravings of them may be seen in Whitaker's Hatarg of SieKmoiuUMre, toL ij. p.
433-4. In 1660 the Parochial Chapel o( Broughton was returned as being four miles
from the Parish Church ; and the Inhabitants of Broughton and Esighton being
three humtred families, at the least, desired to be united and made a separate and
distinct Parish. Mr. James Knott, the Minister, recciTed £40 per annum from the
Committee of Plundered Ministers, — Pari. I»q, Lamb. Libr.

In Norember 1698, William Woods, Curate of the Chapel of Broughton, Clerk,
entered his suit agiiinat Thomas Birch M.A. Virair of Preslon, for the recovery of £4
per annum, paid from time immemorial, by the Vicars, lo the Bcaders or Curates of
this Chapel. The Vicar, in his answer, did not den; the claim, but objected tllM
Wooda had been deprived twenty year* previously, for a Clsindestine marriage, and
that he refused to pay the stipend "for Beasona snlUcient to bee given by thii
Respondent iu the Event of this guile proceeding." The reuoni tre stated in tbe

i

468 j^otttia CcfttriniBiB.

[Mr.] Birch, [the] Vicar of Preston, having refused to pay y'
4' p-[er] an.[uuin] due for y' Ciirate, for sev.[crai] years, the
Inhab. [itants] entred into a Subscript, [ion] for j* recovery of it.
It was Given for Birch, bee. [ausc] he was a Curate removable at
pleasure, and he might have a Quantum meruit. Salkeld'a Re-
ports.

ttntDi«.4. 3 m.[ile8] from [the] Par.[ish] Church. [The] Villages of
Broughton, Barton, Hayton, [Haighton,] and Dorton, belong
to it.

ftan. Broughton.3

tf^oal. ^gj^ee Gram. [mar] School; [the] Sal.[ary] to [the] Master
^SS [is] at prcs.[cnt] IS'-Or'^Oe*", arising from certain mes-
fiuages and Land, containing 34 acres, given by Mr. Laivr. [ence]
Stadaugb [in the] 18th H.[enrj-] 8, "towards the exhibition and
finding of an honest person, sad and discreet, to teach Grammar
School at Broughton;" and 1' p.[er] an.[uum,] given by W"
Daniell, Yeoman, [by Indenture dated 3d November 1656,] and
secured on Lands.

[The] Master is nominated by [the] Feoffees. V.[ide] Nom-
[iuatiou] an.[no] 1705, Pap. Reg.

[The] Writings [are] kept in y* Church Chest,
tejt.— BisliDp of ChoBtcr'a Act Book, 1698. Anno, daughter of Mr. Birch, the Vicar
of Preaton, was the fint wife of Dr. Peploe, Wnrdeu of Manchester, Chsoeellor of
Chester, and Archdesooii of Bichmond.

pHtrona — the Feoffees of William Hiilme Esq. There ia a ParBonsgo-houie.

' The indiTidual was Sir Edward Wrigbtington, as William Latigton Esq. in his
Will dated 1659, meDtians hariug sold lands in Broughton to him, tome of which
were settled " to iiecnre > preaching Minialcr at Broughton Church."

' Broughton Tower, a strong heavy structure of stone, Burroundod hj a moat, and
taken down at the beginning of the present ceuturj, was possossod hy Soger Langton
Esq. in the time of James \.; and on the death of bis grest-gniidson, Roger langton
Etq. in 1714^ it passed lo Williani Xduigl.oD Esq. his cousin, who also djing s.p. after
1732, it was devised by biro to his sister Jaac, who afterwards, and at an adranoed
age, became Ibe wife of Laurooco Rawatome Esq. A Pedigree of Langton of Brough-
ton anil Kirkham, now represented bj Joseph Langton of Liverpool Esq. is given in
Baines' Hilton/ of Laacaihire, toI, ir. p. 40B, and in Burke's Landed Onliy, 8to.

iai7.

2[lr.iiKr» of amounDcmcaa. 469

Giveu to y" Poor, [the] Iiit[ere8t] of -41', taken care of by £^srittn(.
Trustees ; one 4'*' part of 22 acres of Laud given by Mr. [Thomas]
Houghton, [in 1649,] under y^ care of IVustecs ; 1' p-[er] an.
[num] by Widow Daniel, for w^'' there are Trustees ; [the] Int.
[erest] of 21', given long agoe by [a] pereon unknown.

^j ff. uaaeifiEyciE.' This chappeii aiigm.

^^Sk was built, and has been constantly
Repaired by y* Family who enjoyed y' Estate, and lived in the
Manour-housc, to w*"" this seems to have been a Domestick Chap-
pell ; w'' House and Estate now belong to Mr. Shuttlewortli.

Certif.[icd] that nothing certain belongs to it.

Augmented with 30' p.[er] an. [num] out of Lands in Barton
Mauour by Mr. Shuttlcworth, he taking 200' from [the] Gov' of
[the] Q. [uecnj's Bounty, and having y" Right of Nomination
confirmed to him an. [no] 1723. But it being found afterwards
y' y* Lands proposed were soe settled as not to be abenated,
Mr. Shuttleworth gave 200' in money, and built a House for y"
Curate.

' Dedic&tcd to Bt. Lftureimi. Value in 1834, no return. Bogiaten at tlie Mother
Church.

Barton ma beld hj Grimbiilil de Barton in the SZd Eenrj IH. and continued in
hia deacendanta until Fliietiiroo<l, sole daugbt^r and heiress of Biehard Barton of
Barton E«q. about tlie year 1613, Iranaferrsd the Eslnte, by niarriago, to Richard
Sbnttlcworth of Ganthorp Eaq. M.F. The Manor was aoM b 1S33, by James Shut-
tlcworth E«j. elder brother of Robert Shuttleworth Esq. otGawthorp, to the lato
Mr. Ooorga Jacaon of Frpaton, wboae «on resides at Barton Lodge, and is Patron of
the LiTing. Tbe Hall is now a farm-houso.

The Chapel was in ciielfinoe before the Reformation, and occurs in 1677. In I
St. Laurence's Chapel witbin Barton, waa said to bo seiou miles from PreatDn, with
neither Minisler nor mnintcnanoe. Tbe Totruship was rery large, and comprised a
great number of fHmilics. It was thought deairuble that it abonld be made a Paro-
chial Chapel, and rendered dependent on Uroughtoo. — Pari. Inq. Lamb. lAbr. The
Chapel was eolarged in 1845 by Oeorgo Jbcsod Eaq. and contains a fine sbuned
window onianicnled with the armorial buarings of the ancient and modem owner* of
the Estati-. It is now likely to be made PBrochial.

floittta CcBlrtcnsia.

ailBUl. W^ ^'^ CS>a[iai)EiLl,' lately crccteti,

WSmK viz. an.[uo] 1710, in y' Township of

Grirasargh, [but] not yet Consecrated, an. [no] 1723.

Ccrtif. [ied] that nothing at all belongs to it.

2001 [was] Subscribed by Mr. Peplo, Min"^ of Preston, S' H.

Houghton, and others, tow.[ards] y^ Augment, [ation,] an. [no]

' Dudliated to St. Kllcbsel. VbIud in 1834, £77. Regiatcra at tht Matber Chnrcli.

Tho Mutor of Orimsargb, loDg Tcated in tbc Ilci^htou familj, was eold by Sii
Henry F. HoghtoD Bart, to tbu lato WtHinm Cross of Red Bear Esq.

The Chnpct is still a small nintic fabnc, a]6hougli enlarged in 1815 ; and again
restored, and some handsome Btsined gltus windows presented by John Cross Esq. in
ISM. The VioBT of Preston appoints the Ittcumbent; and then- is a Panonige-

The following letter Irom Mr, Pfploe to Bishop CJastrell will eiplain the nrctun-
staucos whieh led to the building of the Church: —

"My Lord, I beg Iimto to aequnint y' L'p y' thoro ore throe Townships and part of
another in this Parish w*' lio throe, four, and Sre niilos from the Churoh, and have
BO otbet coBvonient Phice of publick worship. That by this unhappy Siluntion tbey
bare still been exposed to temptations and Popery, (w^** is too prevdcnt in these Parts
of your Lordship's Diocoss,) and are thereby an easier Prey to the Priests of that
Communion i we hsTing no leas than six of tbose men in y" one Parish. From my
first coming to this place I have wished for some hopeiiil remedy eg* y* growing nvH ;
and I hope we are now in a way foe it if j' Lp. please lo giTC yoni approbation.

"Sir Henry EoghtoB, the Patron of y' Church, (and who has daoe seioral good
things for increasing o' Congregation, and is the person who do'a me tho faror to put
y' paper into j' hand,) has promised Land to build a Cbapcl where it will be service-
able to the luhub" above meni' ; and w'' his assistance, I doubt not to procure a
decent plsoc for y" worship of God among 'em.

"When the iutended Cbappel is openeil, 1 have taken care already y' there shall be
ten pounds per ann. at leaat, annexed to it, besiilca what some of the Inhabitants will
Subscribe, and w' may be got by Teaching School, it being a place where a diligent
man may help himself that way. Those, together, will be a competency for a Curate
in J" cheap Country j and 1 hope if y' work bo perfected, it will be of great use to
men's Souls, as well as of service lo oor ChurGh. I wait only for y' L'p's pleasure
to p'ceed. If I have y' eneouragoment I shall im'odiatoly set about it, and hope to
give you a good ocoounC of j' alTairs in a litllu time. I am y Up'a unknown, but
very dniifuil son and obedient Serr', Signed — Sim.. Feplob.

" I was Bt Cheater to pay my Duly to y' L'p, soon after you went for London.

" FrcsloD in Lancashire, Deaner}' of Richmond, (?)

Apr, 4, 1715." GastreU't MSS. SfffUiry, Chetler.

1717; 401 of II
to be known.

Ocamrn of amounDmuss. 471

'' [was given] by a Gentlewoman who desired not

[ me^=E&S[lt^' Certif.[ied] 38'-19».l'i, viz. by [the] 9S....^.A.1tt

Bp. of Chester, 13'-6'.8'i; (Reserved by Indent. [ure,] >T. fi,.

,-.[idc] Reff-lister.]] Tyth of Hay and Com in Button, T.^«eet.pd.iiy

: let for IS'O'-S''; Small Tyths and East.[er] dues, syn!.. o. a, o

9'.12'; Sup.riiccl Fees, 31. wbV;;.i!'b^V«?

Besides 13''6'.8'^ [piud] to y" Vicar, there is reserred by In- ^i^f^^~

dent, [ure] S'-e^'Sd for a PricBt serving wrtiiii the Church of Rib- fuo

cheater. lEitM.p,

An. [no] 1684, Mr. Hayhurst, Min,[iBter] of Macclesfield, left
all his Books (except [the] Book of Martyrs and [his] Great

' Dedicaled tq 8t. WUlred. VslnB, with Stidd, in 1B34, £129. BegisterH begin
in lBa».

Bibehester — the Bibclca»tro of Domesdag — though now on inoonBidetablo Tiliago,
ii one of the moBt ancient of our English cities, tnd (races its antlquitj to the Boman
InTuion of Britain, being nnqueationabl; t. Boman fortreaa. It it the SigodaHum of
Camilon, ths Coccium of Uorslcj' and Whitikkcr, sod tbo SerigoitHiai of Richu'd of
CireDcester. Leland say e, "it hath bene on Auncient Towne. Great Squared Btones,
Toultea, and Antique cojnes, be foundo thci ; and ther is a place wber that the Fcplo
&ble that the Juea hod a Temple!" Ho doubt the Temple stood there; but it iru
Roman, and not Jewish. A full KcoiiDt of the rare and interesting roLica, temple*,
coins, allara, etatuea, and bronzea, wbich hare been eo plentifully dlBOOTsred hero, will
bo found in all the Count; and other lliBtorians, and proTee that this place, at one
time, waa one of the riob««t and mott important townt in Christundom.

The HanoT was held by Edmund de Ijioj in Ibe 4Sd Henr; III. ; and iu the 2Tth
Edward HI. the Motone itjlvd thcmselTcs Lords of Ribchester. iVom this fktnil;
the Manor passed to the Hoghtons of Hoghton Tower, who wore tbo owners in the
7th Hunr; IV. aud Sir Alexander Hoghton whs found to have died seiied of it in the
14th Uenry VTl. It was in the possession of Sic Richard Sberbume of Stonjhurst
before tfae S6lli Eliiabeth, and wa* doyisRl bj bis reprcBPntBtire, Mary, DucIibss of
Norfolk, who died s.p. on the Sitb of September 1754, to Thomas Weld of Lulworth
Caatlo Esq. ; and was sold, along with tfae Manors of Dulton and Baylcy, in 1B20,
by Cardinal WcU, to Joseph Fenton of Rnniford Hail Esq. and on his death iu 1840,
became Tested in his sons, John Fenlon of Crimble, and James Fenton of Bamford
HaU Esqrs.

47S Jiotttia Ccetrirnais.

Bible,) to y Pai-.[ish] Chiircli of Ribchester. V.[ide] mil,
Pap. Ri-y.

Improp. [riator] and Patron, (by Indent, [ure,)] the B.[ishop] of
Cliester.

An. [no] 1542, a person [George Wolfatt L.L.D.] was Institu-
ted to y« Rectory by [the] B, [isliop] of Chester, upon [the] pre-
sent, [atioii] of K. [ing] H. [enry] 8.

Val.[ue] 30'. Pat.[ron,] the Crown. MS. L.

An. [no] 2 Edw.[ard] 6, [the] Rectory [was] let by y" then
Parson, Bp,, and Dean and Cliap.[ter,] for 90 years. V.[ide]
Bp's Lease, and Reg. [ister of the'] J), [ean] and Chap, [fer.]

An. [no] 1573, John Whitakera presented [a Clerk] to yWcav-
idge, [probably as Lessee of the Bishop.] lb. Pap. B.\ook^ p. 6.

The Parish contains 3563 large acres. The town was formerly
called Rib bleeh ester, from y' River Ribble, and was in Blackburn-
sh.[ire.] V,[ide] Whallev.

A Cliurvli ousted here nt a Ti!iy liarlj period, altbougli there is no record of one in
Vomeiday, at whieli time Ribolicater mis a partion of the aaeient Saion Panah of
Wh&lle;. A Church was built before (he time of Uenij II. and wae rained in 12111,
at £i2. The Dutton Choir on the South side of the Church, with its mutilated en-
riched screen, a supposed to be of the ago of King Jobn or Henrj ITI. A moiety of
it formerly belonged to the Hoghtons, in right of posseneions in Alston which were
soM b; the late Sir Hcnr; F. Hoghlon to Mr. Rothwell. The other muiety belonged
to the lowuleyK ; and od the 14.th of May 1729, Richard Townley of Bcltleld Eiq.
■old to John Biley, the middle part of Dutton Choir, being a Beat therein, fire feet
iqaare, rcacrTing power to pa«9 and repsis to other parts of the said Choir, not
therobj granted.— ioBc. MSS. vol. lui. p. 514. In 1710 Richard Towniey of BetOeld
Esq, leaded an Eethte in Bailey, together "with the further end of Dutton Choir
within BibchestCT Chureh." — ianc. MSS. vol lui. p. 519. This portion of the
Chapel ie now claimed by tin. Abton of Ribeheater, in right of William P_ve Gent,
deceased, a dcaeeudaut of the Townleys of Dutton. A Chnntrj on the Mortb side of
the Choir, was founded bj Sir Eiobard Iloghton M.P. in the 7th Henry IV, ; and bis
daughter Katherine (said by Wh itaker, to be the nife of William Linchalis, but cer-
tainly the wife of Hugh Vcnables, Baron of Kindcrton.) Teelod cerWin iandu, in Trust,
for a Chaplain to celebrnlo Divine Service ererj day in this Chapel, ercctnl for the
nlvation of the soula of King Henry, of Sir Riebord Uoghton, Knight, her Father,
HothcF, and others. The Clumtry is named in the year ISUi. In tbis Choir is a
Tomb, of one aohd block of atone, bearing three heraldic c^ata of the Hoghtuiu.
This Chapel now belong! to the Hmsta. Fenton.

Sraiierp of SmounDenusfi. 473

Towns, [ips] or Hamlets, 5, vi/,. RibcUester, Dilworth, Alston Caiuni, 5.
and Hothersall, Baylcy,' and Dutton; for w"" there are 5 Churcli-
wardens, 4 of them choaen by y* 24 men of their respective
Quarters, and one by [the] Mm.[iHter] for Ribchester, out of
three Nominated to him.

[The] Clark [is] chosen by [the] Heir of Houghton Tower.

SQ|@ ibfn to y« Poor of [the] whole Parish [by] Rob.[ert] Jen- Cfxtritifd.
9nl kinson, Merch' [Tailor] of London, SO", [the] liit.[erest to

The Advowaon appcara to hoTc bcca, from a irauote period, Tested in the Dukm of
Lancaater ; and wm conferred upon the See of Chester, st ita foundation, by Ilenrj
VUL The Bishop of Cheats ia the Keetoi of tho Parish, and hae all the great
Tithea, except in Dutton.— Bnines" Bitf. of LancaiMre, p. 383. The teit would lead
to an oppoaitc conclusion.

In the year 1660 Hibchesler wbb found to bo a Vicarage appropriated to the lalo
BUhop of Cheater. Tho Tithea were let to the Inhabitanta for a term of lives, (om'
jet in being,) bj the Truatoas for the Sale of Biahopa' lands, for £39. 15b. 6d. a
jear. There were four Townahipa, and aomo of them wura Btb milea from the
Church. There vas formerl; paid to Ihc VJear, bj the Biahop of Chester, tweut}
marks per annum, and also £6. 13d, 4d. a year, out uf the Parish of Stede; but
no atlowaneo hod hiteij been made. The Minister waa Mr. Christopher Hinilley
(inatitutod in ItSlT,) lately suspended bj Order from the Prorinoial Aaacmblj of
Divines for this Countj ; but for what cauae (he preaentora knew not. — Pari.
Inq. Lamb. lahr. A verj full aecount, howmfer, of the csusoa which led to this
iniiiuitous act, may bo found in Walker'a Svffenvgt of tie Cltrgg, p. S68, where
ho ia called Ilindle ; and "Cowel" is probably meuit for Colne, wh«re hv diud in 16S7 :
MO also Whitsker's Hulorif of RichmoiHUAire, vol. ii. p. 464. In 1617 the Com:
sioncra for tho Sale of Biahops' Lands, stated that tho Vicar bad powi
Bibble, so Ear as the Olobe land extended ; " but there is not ao; boneflt m
Thej are at present without any Minister here, and only hoaco ao often as they can,
and pay the Minister cliielly Out of thoir own pur«cs. There waa one Mr. Uarley,
[Hindley,] Minister, but was put out by tixe Canunitteo of DiTinea ia Laiicaahire, for
his insuJGeieuey, and being teandalory in his life and conversatioD." The Rectory
was then held hy Richard Sherhnrn of Stonyhunt Esq. Lord of the Manor, by
Lease from Richard, Bishop of Chuater, dated 1603. One life only in being, ris. Jolin
Sherbum, aged wivonty- three. — Lamb. MSS. Tol. iii. c.

The Church has been erected at various perioda, and consists of ft Chancel, Nave,
Aielea, Chapels, and a eaatelUted aquat Tower.

' Dr. Whitaker observes that "Bayley has nothing remarkable" in it, (p. 'IflS;) and
he doas not allude to the ruins of a very interesting Chapel which existed ii
but which werv entirely demolished iu 1830 by the late Mr. Fenlon of Bomford HsU.
VOL. II.] 3 P

474

llotttiA Crattirttsifl.

be paid] yearly. To [the] Poor of Ribchestcr towns, [hip] by W.
Norcross, 20', [the] Int,[erc8t to be applied] yearly towards put-
ting out Apprentices, To Ribcheater cum Dilworth, 20', by Hii.
[gh] Sherboum, to [the] same use. To Dilworth, 10', by Grace
Ward. [These two last appear to be lost Legacies. Mrs. Frances
Soades gave a house and land to the Poor of Dilworth, in 169C.]

AE.[no] 22 Jac. 1, [an] Inquis. [ition was held] about misem-
ployed money given to [the] Poor of this place, [MS. Htiim,} 98.
A. 16, 37, wt*" [an] Order upon it.

^^&, 4!>X<SKSI9Ci:iE,' a Chapel of Anrient

^^ Foundation. Certif.[icd] 4J.13».4^,
viz. J3'-4'' Rent Charge upon Land, and 4' Int.[crcat] of money.

Thia was n Chantfj foimdsd by Robert de Cliderhow, Boctor of Wigan, for tliirtj
jcan a Clerk in ChsDccrj, Bnd the King'* Esolieator bcjond Tniot. He iraa & parti-
ND of TboinAi, Earl of Laucutcr, (oiecultd b the 15th Edward II. 1321-2,) and
•ma charged with luTiiig pnscbed ia Wigno Church ogninet the King, maintBining
that his Psrishionors were the Ikgo labjects of the Earl ; and bIbo with having fur-
nished two horso Boldion, his soil, Adam do Clidcibow, bciiig one, and also four foot
aoldicn, armed with swords, bills, bows and arrowa, in the Earl's behalf. In the I7tti
Edward II. 1323, the Rector was publicly accused, tried, and acquitted of treuon. —
Dodeworlh's MSS. toI. Ixxri. p. 96, from a copy in Mr. Langtun's poasOHion.
Edward III. granted B Lieonce dated at the Xowor of London, the IGth of March in
the ISth ;ear of his rcigu, to Henry de Cliderow, to alienate lands in Uortmain, tii.
two mesiuggea in BibchestCT and Dutton, forty acrea of Und, forty acres of meadow,
two acrra of wood, and *i' rent, for a perpetual Chaplain to eay Mus daily in the
Chapel of St. John the Baptist in Bayloj, built bj Robert do Cliderow, late B«ctor of
Wigan, for the souls of the said Robert, of Henry de Cliderow, and of all their atiM*-
ton, and for the ooula of all the faithful. And in the same year, by Deed dated
fiayley, the Sunday after St. Martin's day, the said Henry do Cliderow granted tho
same mesausgee and hinds to WtlUam de Preston, Chaplain of the said Chantry. —
LaiK. USS. Tol. ixiii. p. 19 ; toL ii. p. 278. See also Xot. Ceilr. toL ii. pt. iL p. 343.

I Dedicated to St. Laurence, Archdeacon and H. Value in 1834, £107- Begiators
begin in 1760. No Marriages.

Alston and Holhcrsall form a joint Towuihip, to the West of Ribchester; and
Longridge is a large village, partly in Alston, and parti; in Dilworth, near the wuxBr

mitofthoPelL

Btanns of SmounDetncss. 475

2i m.files] from [the] Par. [iah] Cliiireh. Served once a fort-
uight by y= Vicar, who had an order from B.[ishop] Pearson to
receive y* Revenues belong, [ing] to this Chap, [el.] V.[ide]
Vic'' Letter, an^no] 1704. Pap. Rey.

An, [no] 1702, it was directed by [the] Bp. y* y" Chappeiry
ought to repair y* Chap. [el,] and not y whole Parish; but it is
recommended to y* Par.[ish] to do it out of courtesy, V.[ide]
Pap. Rtg. [Rebuilt in 1716.]

The Rent Charge was given an. [no] 1657, by W, Multon of
Whittiugham, to a preaching MLQ.[iater] here.

Given an. [no] 1673, to a preaching Min.[ister] here, [the] Int.
[erest] of 30", by Joh[n] Eccles.

An.[no] 1701, [the] Int.[erCBt] of 40', by Ri.[chard] Parkin-
son; since by Isab. [ella] Cbarnley, [the] Int. [erest] oflC; all of
this Parish. Certif.[ied] 1722.

[HothersaU Hall.'^ UaR.

The CbBpel is sud to be " plsin and neat," nnd built about one hundriid and flflj
yeara ago, rebuilt in 1784, [1783,] and again in 1823-3, by B'lbscriptiou. — Bninca's
EiH. of Laaeathire, rol. iii. p. 387. Tho original foundation wbs, howeTCr, antorior
to the Bcformation ; and the Chapel occurs in Saitou's Map, in 1677. It liod □ra-
ther Minister nor maintonanco in 1650, ultbougb tho district contained one liundrcd
and fortj hmilice, who, deploring tbcir ipirilual dcetitution, bumblj dosircd the
Legislature to aSbrd them a competent Endoirment, to appoint a Minialor, and to
constitute their district a distinct Parish. It ie to be regretted (hat so discroot and
naaouable a petition was not conceded. — Far!. iWj. Lami. Libr.

The AdrowaoD bus bc«D purchased of Sir Hoory F. UoghtOQ Bart, bj tbe Feo-
ITeca of William Uulme Esq. ; so that aiW the lapse of two centuries, the sober
prayer of tbe Conunonwcaltb Parishioners irill probably be granted — not exactly by
the liberally of the State, which the old Puritanu jodiciously recommended — but by
private dmstiaii philanthropy. Id 1S41 a square Tovrer was built. A Panooagc-
hooso baa been erected, and tbe Living further augmented.

' HothersaU Hall was the residence of the Maneriul owners of tlie same name at au
early period, and was occupied by them in 1617. Their successors were tbe Lot-
tenbys; and the present owner is Mr. Martin.

476 ^otitia Ceatrieitfiifl.

jrSN| jriO©,' scstuatc w'Mn Dutton, and
) PwS supposed to be a PariBh Church, and

' formerly a Donative.

Certif.[ied] 3'19»l'i, viz. from Stidd Hall, Sf; from 3 otlier
Estates, 5"; Compos, [ition] for Tyth Hay, !■; Tyth Com, I'-IO;
Compos. [ition] w"" Huntington Hall for Great Tyths, 3»; for
Tyth Hay, l^.

' DedioBled to St. SsTJour, i.e. to the Holj Trinitj. Value, with Ribcherter, id
1834, £128. Rogistcrs at HibcbraiCT.

TliD Manor of Dutton naa in the &mllf of tho loc&l namo aoon after the Conqiie«t ;
onij ID the time of John of Qsunt, William de Dutton gnmted tauils here to 'WilliiLm
Je MotoD. Tho ClayWna Buccesded this fimiily, nod in the 47th Edward III. Henry
lie ClaytoD regranted tho Manors of Dutton and Townlcj to Bichiird do Touole;,
nhirh ho had held as a feoffee. In an TnquisitioD talcuD in the 10th Ilcnrj IT. con-
cerning tho probation of the age of Kiehard do Towneli^, his father, Richard, depoaed
that his SOD was bora at 9tede in DuttoD, on Tuesdaj next before the AaoenBion of
our Lord, in the 10th Richard II. aud was baptised in Blbchester Church, and that
Ilachard de Cliderow was his Godiiitber, (Oompater,) and Cecilia de Cliderow, his
Godmother, (Commater.) ^XflBC. MSS. vol. lit. p. 93. A branch of the Parent
Honse of Townle; settled here in the fiftocDth contiu^, (probabljt Kenrv, fourth sun
of John Townlej of Toimle^ Es<). nud of his seconil wife, Isabel, danghter of Bjcbard
Sherburne of 5tonjbiirat, although the LanCBBhiro Pedigrees begin with Richard
Townloy of Dutton, younger brother of John Townley of TowiJoy liying in the S3rd
Henry VI.) and hold tho Manor until the death of Honry Townley Esq. in 1776, whoac
daughter and heiress, Jennet, married Mr. Ward, and died in citreme old age, in
1799, leaving a son, Townley Ward Esq. who was living in 1S08. The Manor wa«
conveyed i>y Cardinal Weld to Joseph Fcnton of Bamford Hall Esq. and now belongs

Within Dntton is the ancient "Hospitale subtus Lnngrig," with its Chapel of
Sted, dedicated to St. Saviour. This Hospital was founded in the time of King
John, and was a pr««ptory of tha Knights' HospitaUers, dependent apon the Honae
of Newland near Wakefield, after tho Order of St. John of Jomsalem was diisolred.
By Deed H.d. Alnn de Singleton, son of Richard, grants to tho Hospital fonr acre* of
land ; and William, son of Walter do Moton, in the reign of Henry III. oonflrmed
the lands given by his father. In the year 1501 Nu-'holas Talbot of tho BaihAll
family, appobted by his Will, a Priest, to sing for twelve months " at Stodd, where
Fader and Moder are buried." On tho Dissolution of the Religious Houses, Henry
VIII. bv Tloed dated the 1st of August 1544, conveyed the Manor of Stedo, with all
its members and appurtenances, to Thomas, anerwarda Sir Thomas Holte, of Qrii-
ilchurst. Knight, together with other Manors and Lands, fomierlj belonging to the

Orattcrv of HmounDcmrsa. 477

An. [no] 1G16, a Clerk was Instituted and Inducted to y* Rec-
tory of Stidd upon the Donation or Preaentation of Francis
[Holte] Esq. Insi.[itution] B.[ook,'] Z, p. 65.

An. [no] 1690, [tlie] Vicar of Bibchcster Inatituted to Stidd
and invested w"" all the Rights belonging to it. V.[ide] I'tcar's
Letter, aH.{;no] 1704. Pap. Reff.

Knigbts of St. John of Jeriualem, and to the Abbej'a of Cockonond and Whalloy, in
coneideration of £1,727. 15«. the posees^ionB of St. John of JeroNtlem being held in
ohipf bj the uinuDl rent of £9. lis. and an annual elipcnd of 40s. for a Curate of
Stede. The rcmams of a largo odiBcc bava beCD diBi^OTorcd near the Cbapcl —
doubtleia tbc foundations of the Hoepital.

Tlio Cbspei, one of the moet entire ancient building! in tbe oount;, is small, of grej
■tone, with a South door of beautiful Anglo-Norman architecture, hsTing Blunder
clustered columns vith Sowercd espitals. Two of the small lancet windows still
romain. On the North of the Altar wai on ancient stone coffln tomb, inaeribed with
the donble croaa of tbe Templars, and formerly' containing the bodj of one of the
Masters of tbc HoipitaL Dr. Wbitaler, in his Haiory of RiehmoudJiint, gives an
engraTing of the monamontal stone of Sir Adam de Cliderbow and his wife, vho wore
Lord and Lady of Salcsbur; in tbe reign of Edward Ul.; and two other slabs, cover-
ing the remains of ancient EcoleaisiticB, still remain in the Chapel. The Font is old,
octagonal, and of grib stone. It has tbo arms of the Templars, and others, rudel;
aculptored upon it. In 1650 Stede ifbs relumed aa a Parish Church, being a Do-
natiTe hoia the Abbot of Colicrsand, but then belonging to Mr. Eolto of Griule-
hurst, the Iiord of the Uanor, worth £6. ISs, 4d. a yeor, and thitherto paid to the
Minister of Hibcbosler, he being accounted »1bo Parson of Stcdo. There were at that
dme only serenteon families within tbo Parbh of Stedo, wtiioh nas three quarters of
a mile from Eibcheateri and the Chapel stood between Dutton and Blbchester. —
i^H-I. I*q. Lamb. Lihr. From a series of Suits in CbaDwry, brought by John Uolte
of Shrewsbury Gent, between the years 1694 and 1721, against the soreral purchasers
of Estates, late the iuheritanco of Thomas Posthumus Holto of Grislehurst £sq. it
appears that the latter individual succeeded to a patrimomal Estate by virtite of a
Settlement of Intail, made in 1627, on the marriago of his grandfsther, Francis Holte
Esq. with Alice, daughter of John Gtrecnhalgh of BmniUesome Esq. comprising the
Manors of Spotland, Strad, and Forton, with lands in Dutton, Bibchoster, Blackburn,
&c. which, in 1677, were valued at £4,000 per annum, not including valuable mines
of coal, lead, and other minerals ; which lands wrro originally conveyed by Henry
VIII. to Sir Thomas Holte of Gtrislehurst. Being reduced to great necessity by his
eitravagancos, the said Thomas Posthumus Uolte was obliged to sell all his pro-
per^ ; and ia order to bring himself into an Estate of fee simple, suffbrod a Common
Becovcry at Lancaster, in 1650, and afterwards disposal of his Manors and Lands to
various purchasers. He afterwards lived iji Spotland, and for toanj years before his

478 i^tttia Crstriensis.

Served by [the] Vicar [on] New Year's Day, Good Fryday,
and Bome other Snndayes in [the] Summer time.

They Bury here, but are Baptized at Ribchester, firom whence
it is about a quarter of a mile.
ftaHi. [Button Hall,* and Huntington Hall.^]

death wu in Bbsolat« wont, being sapported entirclj b; the charity of bia friEmdn and
the ueigbbovirJDg gentry ; (aid dying in 1677, withoQt iseuo, Thomfls Holt, an offlcei
in the anny, killod at the aiege of Londonderry, in 1689, and lather of the Plaintiff,
oloimod as the heir-at-law. The claim ecems to hsTC been allowed, but the Eotail bad
been barred by the Bocovory of 1650. It appeara from thoeo proceedings that the
property at Grislehurst, " being the nsual and antient eeat of the family," wa« pur-
cbaaed by Alexander Holt of Little Uitton Esq. about the year 1651 ; but no con-
nexion existed between the two families. — Lane. MBS. toL uix. WhitoJier, howeTer,
baa made a Tery difii^Fent statement. ^ — Sul. of Whaltry, p. 254. Although Stedettaa
originally a Parish, and tta Church nndowed with the Beclorial Tithes of eleren fcrms
in Dntton, the Adyowson vested in the Holtes, aod the patronage exercised by them,
it has been degraded into a Farocbisl Chapel, and onneitMi to Ribclicslcr : nor does it
appear that the Advowson was alienated by Thomas Posthumns Ilolte when he sold
the Manor. The Chapel stands in a Geld, having a cemetery, and appeared aban-
doned to neglect and decay ; but baring lately attracted the notice of Lord de Tabley
and a few other antiquaries, it is intended to rostoni this very interesting edifice to
its former state. Divine Service is now performed here on the lost Sunday in every
month by the Vicar of Kibcheetcr.

' Dutton Hall is a spacioua mansion of the time of Charles II. built by Hichard

Townloy Gent, and is the property of Eotbwell of Sharpies Hall near Bolton

Esq.

■ Huntington Hall is now a larm-houBO, the proper^ of John Holte of Stubbyloe

a*

Btanrj> of i^ousliaU/ i.antas|)ire.

a,g3H^feC©^,' Certif.[ied] 27'.
OC-OO", viz. Glebe, 4"; al! maimer of
Tyths, 22' J Surp.[lice] fees and East. t. .„
[er] dues, 10"; an Obiit Sermon, V>, tS***,
given by Fran.[cis] Croft Esq, Fam.

Patron, Mr. Legh of Lime,
G^adit- • . ■, daughter of Will.[iam]
de Kellet, gave to [the] Ab.[bey] of
Cokersand [a] mediety of [the] Church of Claiton. Dodtw.
lorlh's] MS.

Alice, daughter of Hen. [ry] de Croft, opposed y* present, [ation]
of y* Abbey to this Church. Id.

I WbcD Eirkbf Lonsdale became the head of a Rural Deaneiy, r
«U likelihood, wilh the original Farieh, no where uppean ; but tiio'e is every resitm
to Buppoae that the Rural Deaneries were markod out on tho foundation of tho Aroh-
deaooury of Richmond, that is, in tho beginning of the twelfth eentury. Equal
imcertnintj attenils the separation of (he parts of Lancaahiru, North of Bibblo, and of
the BBTOoy of Kendal, which last now forms the lower portion of Westmoreland,
from tho TorVshiro of Dometdo)/. Ono fact, howirver, appears inooutrOTcrtible, that
at the foundation of thia Rural Deanery the whole was in Yorkshire, and cooaequently
that it was prior to the separation of Counties ; otherwise it would not be easy to
■Mount for another oirrumatauce, namely, that of the ten Fariihea which oompose
the Deanery of Eirkbj Lonsdale, five ace in Lancashire, four in Yorkshiro, and one
in Westmoreland. — WhUalcer.

> Dedicated to St. Chad. Ynlue in 1834, £146. Begistcn bt^ in 1701.

In the Dometdag, Clachin was one of the twolre Manors in OvBtwic, belonging to
tTorltn. According to the Teata de yeriir, Gilbert de Kellet held the Manor in (he

I

480 ilotitifl CcatriciiBtB.

An.[no] 1428, Patr.[ou,] - - - Crofte Esq. Reg. Bowel, f. 30.

An.[Qo] 1628, Patr.[on,] Edw.[ard] Croft of Claughtou. I/isl.
[Uulion] B.[ook,] 2, p. 114; but upon [a] Jure PatronalUg, an.
[no] 1630, S' Pet. [er] Legh was found Patron for that turn. /*.
p. 116.

An.[no] 1678, Gab.[riel] Croft esq. presented. lb. p, 150.

An.[no] 1681, Rich.[ard] Legh esq. Patron. lb. p. 153.

reign of JLeary III. ; and in the 13th Edward 11. John de Claaghton held a third,
John la Flemjng s third, and Henry Crollo held four porta, b;^ homage, aerrice, and
a rent of 12d. } ClBughtoD and Crofte luTing acquired thnr Bliares from the KclleU.
The third part of the Manor itbs Tested in the Crofts in the fifteenth and liitaentb
centuries; but in the ISth llenr)' VIII. John, and in the following je»r, Simon
Croft Esq. claimed the whole Manor. Willimn Croft Esq. having joined in the
Bebellion of 1715, his lands were eonBacsttid nnil sold in 171S, as thoiio of "a
traitor and popish recusant." The Manor had, howerer, passed before the joar 1T12,
to John Fenwiclt Esq. nod was oonviijed bj the eldest sister of NicboUa Fcnwick
Esq. who died in 1750, to her husband, John Wiison, whose son assumed the snmamo
of Fenwicli; but on his death in 1794, without Iseuci, the Estates descended to
Nicholas Tatham, son of John Tatbam of Cantsflold House Esq. bj his wife, the
second sister of Nicholas Fcnwick Esq. He also assumed the sumamo of Fenwick ;
but dying s.p. derised the Estates to Thomas, son of Thomas Lambert of Kendal
Esq. who had married the third sister of Nieholna Fenwick Esq. Ho also assumed
the surname of Fenwick, and, at his death, left issue a daughter. No Court is now
held for the Manor.

Dr. Whitaker says that this is the most diminutiTe Parish iu tho county ^consist-
ing of a siogle Township — and that also a small one.

The Church was built about tho time of Heurj 1. and contained some intere«ling
memorials of former times, until the hand of modem improvement swept Ihem awaj,
wben the sacred stnicturo was rebuilt iu 1815.

Tho Couoher Book of Ookcrsnnd records that Oodiiha, daughter of William, son
of Orm de KcUct, gave to the Abbe; a medict; of the Church of Claeton, whioU was
afterwards confirmed b; her son William. This donation took pLace iu the time of
King John or Henry III. Roger, son of Henry de Croft, gave the other medietj for
tbc soul of Henrj, King of England. Alice do Croft, in a fiill Chapter of the Bund
Deanery of Lonsdale, hold in the Church of Tunstall, on the 18th of February 1272,
resigned her claim, (in the pKaonco of the assembled Clergj and Pcopio,) to tboAdTow-
aon of Claeton Cbureh, having previously opposed the presentation of the Abbot and
Convent. In 12til the " Church of Clahton" was valued at £6. I3s. 4d.

The Manor of Dalton and tho Advowson of the Church of Claughton, were ob-
tained by Felcr Lcgb of Lymo Esq. in marriage with Mabclls, daughter and boiress
of James Croft of Dalton B«q. Sbe died in the jett 1168. It ^pearod, hovrever.

13sa.ntrs of lonsOoIe.

481

Va].[ue] 30 marks; Patr.[ons,] Mr. Lee and Mr. Middleton.
MS.L.

The Parish consista of but one little village called Claughton, V^ tmfniut.
is about one Fifth part of y* TownaP of Caton cum Claughton.

2 Churchwardens.

Claughton.' %aO.

j^K nt.[ercBt] of 50' given to y« Poor by Fran.[ciB] Croft [Esq. diBtits.
K&i in 1690,] now laid out in Land,' v*^ j* other IC for a
Sermon.

illlN©,' Certif.[ied] 28i-05'-02^ ra. Glebe, »; v. 9.
Pensiou from [the] Improp.[riator,] Zi'lS"-*^; Tyth m. t.
Hay and Hemp, 3'; Tyth Gcesc and Piggs, 1'; East, t a.'i.'
[er] Dues, 12"-10"; Surp.[lice] fees, 2'. Ded.[uct] ^JT::: !:o?:c
^ rent to [the] L^ of y« Manour; 2«-8J Syn. [odala.] . fjm-

upon a Jiire PalroitatAt, that the Legha onlj beld tho presenlatioti altemii vieibat, [AtWriy!]
the other Patron being tho Lord of tho Muinr of Claughton. On the IStb of Juno
1660, Richard Shuttlewortb, John Stsrkie, Qeorge Pigott Esqrs. and other InquUi-
ton, retUTDod that the Lords of tho Manor prespnted twice, and llie heim of Sir Pf t«r
Legh of Ljroo Knt. once, in tuma, to tho Vicarage. There was a Paraooage-houao
■nd throe acrea of Qlebe, Tithea of Corn, Ac, worth altogether £28 per annum j and
£20 per annum W8» paid to Mr, Edward Aiton B,A. the Minister, by Order of the
Committee of Lancoahire.— PnW. Inq. Lamb. lAkr.

The Adtowaon waa purchased bj Thomas Fenwick Esq. about the jear 1805, of
Tbomaa L^h of Lyme Eaq. and once more united to tho Manor. The Patronage
il now (Bated in the Trustees of Thomas Fenwick Esq. dcceasiHl.

' Claughton Hall ia a Sne Elizabethan house, with two square towers built for the
purpose of eojojing the noblo scenerj of tho Vale of tho Lune. It was the Mat of
the Manorial ownera.

' This is now a money payment of £2. 14s. 6d. a j-ear from tho Claughton H»U
Estate, as in 1836 no sufltoient midcnce could bo produced to support s claim to
any particular parcel of land, although the Charity CommiBBioner appears to hare
thought that land had been originally purchnacd. — Bepurl of Chir. Com.

• Dedicated to St. Peter. Value b 183-1, £11
1626, Buriala in 1629, and Marriages in 1636: all
VOL. II.j

3. Registers begin — Baptiai
the earlier books imperlbct.

So

162 ^otitm (!rtstrirnBJa.

Patrou, [the] Crown.

Improp, [riator,] L'' Cardig;au.

This Church was given to [the] Abbey of Crouton, Com, Staf-
ford. MS. Eb.[or.'] Com. Leicest. [er.] 0.[ld] R.[effisler,] p. 81.

Tliis Cliurch was given by Rog.[er,] E.[arl] of Poictiers, to
[the] Ab.[bey] of St. Martin's at Sayes; but Hen,[ry,] Abbot of
Sayes, and y" Convent gave np thia Church to Roger De Monte
Begonia, and his heirs, he quitting to them y= Chap,[el] of Ger-
singham. I).[ugdale's] Mon.[aaticon,} v. 1, p. 567. V.[idel

TUNSTALL.

An. [no.] 1429, Pat.[ron, the] Ab.[bey] of Crorton, of the
Prem. [onatratensian] Ord. [er,] Lincoln Dioc.[e8e.] V,[ide] Inst.
[Uution,] Reg. Bowel, f. 38.

At tlie DomeBda; Surrey, Mcllinge, Homebi, and WeDnigetun, kre named u One
Manor, placed b; the Tlormui Burrejors, in CniTen In Yorkshire, and in vbiuh Ylf
luid nulo and a half mrucatea. Boger of PoictioTB appoan to hare been tho Snt
Mancrial owner after the Conquest ; on his defeetion, the Usnor [uuged to Adam
de MoDtbegon, and ma sold hj Iub de»«iidant, nenrji de Moaeghedun, in Iho 11th
Heni7 III. to Uuht'rt de Burgh, Chief Justice oF England. Shortly aller Ihis the
Manor pnesed, but it does not appear in what manner, to the family of LoDguerillian,
Mid before the 54tli Heurj III. was coni^ud by the marriaga of Margaret, daogbtei
of Sir John de Longuevilliers, Co Qeoflroy, son of Geoffrej de Nevile, wboae descend-
ant, Margaret Norile, married the Dulie of Exeter ; but having no suniiing issue, it
eventually descended to Sir VTilliam Harrington and Margaret bis wife, daughter of
Sir Robert NcvQe, and eoboiresa of her niece the Ducliesa of EioteT. Sir John
Harrington led issue two daughlers and coheiresece, Anne, married to Sir Edward
Stanley, "a name uahappQj famous in the annals of Hornby," afterward; Lord
Monteagle; and Elizabeth, whoso first husband was Jubn Stanley of Melling Esq,
son of Jamoa Stanley D.D. Bishop of Ely, Lord MonlcBgle obtained Hornby t^Oo,
and its dependencies, from his nephew, Thomas, the second Earl of Derby, whose
father appears to have secured them, in conjunction with bis uncle, on the attainder
of James Harrington Esq. brother of Sir Jobo, in the Ist Uenry Til. Elizabeth,
hoircas of William Stanley, the thiril and Uat Lord Monleoglo, of that name, married
Edward Parker, Lord Morlcy, alter the year 1S81 ; and his descendant, Thomas, Lord
Morley and Monteaglc, conveyed the Estates, by sale, in 1663, to Robert Brudenell,
afterwards second Earl of Cardigan, Thay were again sold in 1713, by his grandson,
George, third Earl of Cardigan, to Colonel Francis Charteris, who died in 1733,
leaving a daughter and hoircss, Janet, married in 1720, to Jamea, fourth Eart of
Wemyw, who died in I7&B, and bj whose son, !Ei«Deis Charteris, the fifth Earl, the
BaUtea of his maternal grandfMher were aold in 1789, to John Marsden of Wen-

I Scanrvn of HoiiaOalc. 483

Val.[iie] 20 marks; Patr.[oii, the] Abbey of Croxton. MS. L.

An. [no] 1625, [the] Crown presented. Insi.[Uution] B.[ook,']
2, p. 76.

[The] Parish [is] divided into 4 Quarters; 1, Melling, Wra- jraiuni.
ton, [Wraj'ton,] and Wellington; 2, Archolm and Caywood; 3,
Hornby, Koborondalc, [Roeburudale,] and Farleton; 4, Wray
and Bolton. Tlie two last Quarters are under Hornby Chappell,
and y* second under Archolm Chap, [cl.]

niugton Uotl Esq. irbo, Ln 1797, oblniueij on Act of Parliament to ouablc him to
oncloae and divide tlic Commons of the Honor and Manor, boing tlirco thousand
aorsB. This gcotloman died, isaueleea, in 1826; and after mueb remorkablo litigation,
in wliich the uncertainty of the law was eriuced and its final triumph Tindirated, tho
Estates wero confirmed in 1S36, to Eear Admiral Sandford Tatbam, eon of the Her.
Sandford Tatbam M.A. Vicar of Appleby, and of Elizabetb his wife, eecood daughter
oTHeniy Mareden of Weunington Hall Estj. On the deatb of Admimt Tatbam ou
the 21th of Janunry 1810, tho Estates passed to hia kinsman, Pudsej Danson of
I^ngcliffe Hall in tho county of York and of Hornby Caatlo Esq.

The Church of Melling was giTca by Soger de Poictifrs to bis reeently founded
Priory of Lancsster, and Abbey of Sees, and aftorwards eicbanged by the Priory with
Roger do Montbcgon, who died in the lOtb Henry 111. for the Chapel of Oreseing-
ham, Soger de tluulbcgon aCipuJatlDg with the Monks tbat every Incumbent to be
presented by him, or his hoira, to tho Church of Melling, should pay yearly 2a. for
Ligbts at Eastev in St. Mary's Chureb, Lancaster, for the health of his aoul, and Ibu
xnila of his ancestors.

The Adrowaon of Melling was sold, with the Manor, to Hubert de Burgh ; but
tb^ were shortly afterwords divided, as the Tetia de IfeBill' records that the Church
ii in the King's donation. In 1291 it was valued at £10. In the fourteenth eentury
it was conferred upon the Abbot aud Convent of St. John of Croiton Keyrial in
Leicesterabiro, founded by William le Porter, (in 1163,) witb whom it continued until
the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when it became vested in the Crown, where it still
remains.

The Iforman arch of the South doorway was preserved when the present Church, a
large heavy structure consisting of Chancel, Kavo, Aislca, and a Tower, was rebuilt,
some centuries ago i and also when the interior was beautified in 1760. The South
East Aisle of the Church is the burial place of the Lorda of Wennington. In the
Chancel are two ancient monumental stones, one of which, deprived of its braaeee,
probably covers the remains of Xbomas, aocond Lord Monteagte, who, by his Will,
dated 1660, desired sepulture here.

lu 1650 the Vicarage was returnod as prcsentative under tho GIroat Seal of EngUud,
the Tithes of Corn mid Qruin impropriated to Lord Morbiy, a Papist delinquent,
and worth £iM per miimm. Tvn acres oi Qlebc belonged to the Church, and all

r

484

i^titia Cestrienttis.

[There are] 4 Churchw. [ardens] for Melling Church, who
serve for that Quarter.

No ancient Scats, but Hornby Caatloj^ late L^ Cardigan's ; now
Coll,[oDel] Charteris's.

j^^ lUs [the] Int.[erest] of 301 given by Tho.[mas] Cort, for
VhI^ teaching poor Children to read in Archolm and Caywood,

IJgftltn by Capt.[ain] Rich.[ard] Pooley to [the] Poor of
^nj [the] whole Parish, 20>, [the] Int.[erest to be] distrib.
[utcd] yearly.

■■ ^g W.CCie01.|W CUM Cawood, Certif.

^S [ied] 8'-lO-0Oi, arising from several!

small sums called "Priest's Wages," paid out of y" Estates of

[the] Inhab. [itants] w^'in y" Chappelry,

Bmall TitlMS, being irorth sltogether £30 per Honum ; and £60 per aDQum had been
allowed, out of the soqupaterod Bi«ctory of Lord Morloj, lo Mr. John Hmith, who bad
beeu mcoTed to another Church in NorthambrrlaDd, eo thnt tho Pariah waa then
without a Minister. — Pari. Itiq. Lamh. Libr. There ia a Vicarage-bouae.

' Hornbj Cmtlo staDda on the site of n Roman villu, and coniioBnds a noble pros-
pect of the rich and Tariegoted TiOlios of Cho Wenning and the Lone. The Oaatle
waa originally built bj Nicholas de Montbegon, and consists of two parts, — the more
ancient part being dilapidated. The foundations of two round Towers, probably
boilt bj the KptUcs, were rt'movcd a few years ago. Edward, first Lord Montague,
built the Square Keep. In 1617 James I. rested at Uombj Castle on his progress
from Edinburgh to Londou. lu 1613 the Parliament ordered the Castle to be so de-
molished that the Bojalistg could not use it. The eitensiTc repairs bj Mr. Marsden
haie tendered the appearance of the Castle ver^' magnificent. A centre and two
wings oouceal the ancient parts. A view of this front is giTcn in Whitakcr's HiH. of
EiehtHondtfuTe, Tol. ii. The Park contains a herd of deer.

I Patron Saint unknown. Value in J834, £B1. Begiatcra at Melling.

Arkholme — the Ergune of Dotaetday — has nover been disaercred from the Honor
of Ilomby.

The principal Biier is the Lone, which, sometimes swelling into high floods, oom-
mita great damage by overflowing the flat holmes, or low grounds adjacent to its
banks. Tiie clear fluil stony Wenning, from the neighbouring hilla of Yorkshire, is

Btmtxv of l-onflOalr. 466

It is parted from ye Par.[i8li] Church by a great River, which
is often unpassable.

[The] Curate preaches every Sunday, and reads Prayers every
Holy-day.

Storrs HaU.3 ^aO.

School. 'V.[ide] sup.[ra] Melltno.

^^ ORNISH,* an ancient Market Town. „ ^
^gSJ Certii", [ied] 6' ■ 13' ■ 4^, arising from Cutont. 9
severall small sums called " Priest's Wages," paid out of y"
Estates of [the] Inhab. [itants,] at Easter only.
Above a mile from [the] Par.[ish] Church.
[The] Curate preaches every third Sunday,
2 Chap, [el] Wardens.

ibi eccondu; BJvi?r of MeUing ParUh, which it enters at a ahort disl-antte Eut of
Horcbf, and haiing run little more than ■ milo and a half, nkirting in its toiuse the
boco of the mouDt on vhich tbo Caitlo of Uombj is erected, is lost in the Luoe.

A Chapel eiiatod here at tho ReformBtion ; and in the je&r 1650 "Aaram Chappol
hu £4. 18s. 4d. a^ jett allowed, and anticntlj bad it paid b; the Inbab" of the
Cbapeliy." Mr. Foster, their Minister, aleo receired £40 per ■rninm, aa an augmen-
tation, ont of the Seqnestered Titbes of Melling, b; order of the Conunittoe of Plun-
dered MioiatcFS. The Inhabitant! desired to haie a Fsrisb, and a better settled
maintenance for a Minister. — Part. Iitq. Lamb. Lihr. Id 1GG2 Mr. James Talbot,
the Minister, wag footed from it. There are no Mnrriagos solemubiiid nor Burials at
Aihholme, The Cbapcl is an old and plain structure, and bag latelj bceo repowud,
and a Testrj added, bj Toluntarj aabicripUon. There is a Parsonage-hou
Vicar of Moiling nominntcs the Curate,

' Storra Hall is an ancient mansion, with tall gables and grouped chimneys, and is
the properly of the Rev. Henrj Askew, the descendant of Dr. Anthonj Askew, and a
reprencntativc of tbo Rawlinsons of Oreenhcad, both memorable m
of literature and science. — Nichols' Lit. Ante. tdL iii. p. 1Qi\ and Lane, ItSS. loL
xii. where a Pedigree and some account of the Eawlinsons may bo found.

■ Dedicated to St. Margaret. Yolue in 1S31, £92. Registers begin in 1742.

The descent of the Honor and Manor of Hornby is already given under the Manor
of Uelldio, which was one of the chief dependcDcics of Hornby.

Here was formerly a Priory, dedicated to St. Wilfred, bciog a small Premonstm-
tension Cell ofCroiton Keyrial in Leicestershire. It was rcsignwl before the Visila-

486 i9Lalttia CcHtrirnsis.

^S^ ere is a School, endowed w^ [the] Int.[eTest] of 2001 left
' a^^ by Capt.[aiD] Rich.[ard] Pooley, an.[no] , who ap-

pointed 3 TruBteea, and the Right of Nominating y« Master to be
in them.

The money is laid out upon Land.

tioo, when its reyeouOB, Bccofding to the nerviinta of Htiiry VIII. derired from tea
Townships, amounted to £30. 19*. 3c3. In the 36th Henry Vlll. it vru granted, u
parcel of Croitoii, to Sir ThomM Stunlcy, aiUrwards Lord Monteogle. "Hornby
Vic. Otdinatio Vicario;, in or before 1349, a Book I'Htitled TeBtam, marked o. f. 36;
Beg. do decnias. marked t. a. p. 28 ; 2* ibid, marked T. b. p. 93 ; Reg. Joh. Rokeby,
marked t. m, p. 40." — Ducarel'a JUpertory, Lamb. Lil/r. But this was probably
Homby in the North Biding of Yorkshire, not Homby in McUing.

To tho Priory succeeded tho Chapel of Hornby, biiUt for the Lord's teoanta, and
DOW Paroehinl to Hornby, FarJoton, Boobumdale, and Wray with Botton. Edward,
Lord Montoagle, by Will datcjd the Blh of April 1523, says, " I give mj bodin to be
buried in tho new ChanccU to be made at my castes and charges, with all couTcnient
haate, at y* eat of j» Chapuil of S'. Margarett at Hornbie ; and I will that my Execu-
tors bestow and expend in and about j' wall, buildings, iTsmcnorke, glass, and
coveringe of y° aamo newo Cbaucell, y' sum of r. m'kes, and more if it shall be seen
requisite by mj said Ei'ora, and more for y° hollowing of y saido Chapell and
Churche yarde, as shall be required:. And in case I dep't this life before the hallow-
ing of said Chapell and Chapoll yarde, then my body, for the time, to be Lnmate
within y* Priorie Churobc of llombie ; and I further willc, that on j' nmit daye aft'
y° dedication of y' said Chapell, my bodye to bo cihuiratB and transferred, with y*
consent and assist' of y^ Pryor there, which bath granted mo y" same, j* case hap-
pening inbis dayos, and of other baring interest, and soe to bee brought and buried
within y" now Chancell aforesaydc."

In 1650 it was stated that Hornby Chapel was a mile from the Pariah Church.
£6 per annum had been anciently, and was then paid by the Inhabitants to the Mi-
nister, and £40 per annum out of tho sequvaterod Tithes of Lord Mortey arising &om
the Cbapeliy, being worth altogether £140 per annum. Mr. Kiddson, the Minister,
was described as "an honest godly man;" and the Inhabitants humbly desired tliat
th^ Chapctry might be made a separate Parish of it§ctf. — Pari, Inq. Lamb. Libr.
The NaTB was rebuilt in IS17- Mr. Dawson, the owner of Hornby Coatle, is the

Beanrrn of a,oiiBDalc.

ij aCK?ajH,' Certif.[ied] 561.4^.00^ p.[crl aii.[uum,] k. S

viz. Pars.[onage] House and Glebe, 20'; Tyths of^"o

Wooll, Lamb, and Calf, 7' ; Tyth of Corn and other ^^^

I PrKfliail Tyths, 241; East.[er] dues and Snrp.Qice] ^'p-'-

fees, 1'; Ded.[uct] Tenths, I'-^-e^; Syn.[odal8,] 1'; Fee ferm

Rent, 6<\

Patron, li^ Cardigan.

Val.[ue] 161. Patr.[on,] h^ Monteagle. MS. Eb.lor.} MS. L.

An. [no] 1629, [a] Rcctour presented by virtue of a Grant from

L^ Monteagle, [the] true Patron. Inst.\itution\ S.[ooA,] 2, p. 115.

■ Dedicated to St. Jtimi:'9. Yolae in 1834, £195. Registers begin in 1568.

Dr. Wiiitnker considers that Tathaoi signiSes tbo habitation of Tola, a personal '
mine, wMeh was conlinued ia tbiit of the local fcmily. King Johoi, when Earl of
Morton, gave the Bcrviees of AVillioui dc Tathun, in Tathnm and Ircbj, to Roger de
MonlbegOQ. Tntham paaBed from the local famQy before the SWh Edward HI. in
which jear Tlioroag, third (loa of Kanulph de Dacro, cOTcnaDtcd, as Lord of the
Manor of Tatham, with Bichard Townelej of Towiietey, that he would settle on
hii Bon and heir apparent, Edmund de Docro, on his marriage with Alice, daughter
of the laid Hichard de Townelej, the Manor and Advowaon of Tathom, and other
Manor*. Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Thomas, son of Edmund Dacrc, mar-
rieil Sir Thomas Harrington of Hornby, and died in the Sd Biohonl III. Since this
scquisilion of the Manor and Advowaon, Tatbam has passed, with the Uonoc of
Hornby, as an independent and distinct Manor, with an Advowson.

The Cburch ia a small biulding ; tbe Windows are chiefly semi-circular and emaU.
The caTctto Doorway is attributed by Dr. Whitaker, to the Norman period ; but
the narrow Arch between the Nbto and Tower, vhiuh he wae disposed to pronounce
more decidedly Saion than any remnant of arohitectuni in Biebmondshiro, it is said
no louger eiists. Tlie Steeple was built in 1722. Three ancient grave-stones stiU
remain in the Chancel, one of which eihibiti a pLiin ahaft j another is decorated with
a crosB and sword; and the third by o triangularly shaped book i " proois," adds Dr.
Wbitakcr, " if any were wanting, that the BoneQved Ecelesiastics of the North, in
those days, did not hold thcmselTes excused, cither by the immunities or the decen-
cies of their profoasion, from defending thcmsdrcs, in person, against the npine and
violence to which they were exposed from their proximity to the borders." In 1660
Lord Morley, a Papist delinquent, was returned as Patron. A Parsonage-house^
sixteen acres of Globe, Tithes of Com and Grain in Tathum, and smalt Tithes
throughout the Parish, amounted to £52 per annum -, and forty nmrVs were added to
the Salary of Mr. Nicholas Smith, the Hector, by ordor of the Committoo of Lanca-

488

flotitia €e»tricn«iB.

All. [no] 1660) I/i Morley and Monteagle himself presented. lb.
p. 137.

2 Churcliwardens.
CutDiitf. One Town, [ship.]

ftan. Tatham."

S'rfioal. r^@^ ttt IB a Free School, endowed by Jam.[es] Bouskill with
^3^ 88', which is secured upon Lands. Certif.[ied] an. [no]
1732, James Bousfield, Master, nominated by Oliver Becket, [the]
Bumring Feofiee.

|^aff»ajtt jrail,,' Certif.[ied] 2'.
gf^g viz. l'-l*-0'', Int.[erest] of money;
19«h given by lA Morley, and charged upon Lands in y LordP.
4 m.[ile8] from [the] Par.[ish] Church.
One large Hamlet.

[The] Curate reads Prayers, and a Homily, on Sundays,
■hire for Scqumtratioiu. — Pari. Inq. Lamb, Libr, toL iL Pudse; Dawson Esq. ii
tho Patron.

* Tathun HoU, now calliMl Hall Bame, and appropriatiifl as a fann-liouae, ia mr-
romided bj a moat. It was the Manor-house in thi' time of LcIodiI, who eaji, "tho
Harringtona bad, in anciaot timo, a Ikiro Manor place cauUcd Tatobam, bow in a
maoncr dcaolatod."

The aituatioD of the Church, the Hall, and the Paraanago ia dcligbtliil ; and jet
atiout the lattor, thero ia an air of abanilaniDcnt and a vant of that exact Bttdntioit,
which U uBually produced b; the residence of aa Incumbent. ^ — Wbitaker'a Siehmoiui-
MUre, Tol. ii p. 263. The CTil haa long ceased to eiiat.

■ Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1831, £125. Ksgiaters begin in 1746. No
Hsrriagea.

The Boman road from Ribcbe)>(«r to Ovcrbnrrow pasKS on the North side of the
■mall Ohapel of Tatbam Fell, of whiob Wbitaker knew not the antiquity ; but it is
mentioned in the year 1577. In 16B0 it ia nlao mentioned as being fire miles from
the Church of Tathiim, " atanding quite beyond any Inhabitants of the Parish, Tery
noooQToniently." The onlj salary of the Minister was BOa. annually, and anciontly
p«id by the Inbabitnnla. £40 a year was at that time paid by order of the Com-
mittee of Plundered Ministers, ont of the sequestered Hoctorj of Melling, to Mr.
Driackhall, who haa been handed iluvm to posterity as "an honeat," and, I hop?.

Sfanrrp of l.on«Balc.

aiKSffaiH.,' Certif.[ied] 21i ■ OO ■ OO^ p.[er] an. v. B.
[num.] viz. Tytb Wooll, Lamb, Calves, »nd other Sugm.
Small Tyths, 20'; Surp.[lice] fees, 1'. £. .. d

Patron, Mr. Borrctt. syli.'-Vo! a. i

This Rectory belonged to [the] Moii. [astery] of Croston, Lei-
cest.[er]shire. 13'-6'-8'' [is] payable out of it to [the] School at r^. '■'■'". u
Whalley, by Lctt.[ers] Patent from Q.[ceii] EUz.[abcth.] V.[ide]
Case of liltaUey School, Paji. Reg.

By an Order made in [the] Court of Augm. [entation in the]
36th H. [eury] 8, and confirmed [in the] 4th Eliz. [aheth,] 4' ■ 6" ■ 8''
was to be paid to the Archd. [eacon] of Richm'" out of y" Churches
of Tunstall and Ovcrleke, parcel of y» Mon. [astery] of Croxton,
for Proc. [urations] and Syn.[odal8,] Rtg.[ister,'\ p. 81.

» iiober " Minister." — Jar/, Inq. Lamb. Libr. Tho Ch«pel was rebuUt iii IMO.
The Rector of Tathun nomiDatea the Curate.

The face of the conntrj here is eitrcmet}' ru);gcd, but the ecenery of the Parish i»
frequently grand, and in loniB ports of it highly picturesque nnd beautiful.

> DedioBted to St. John the Baptist. Value in 1B3-1, £332. Kegistera begin in 1626.

At the Domesday Survey, Tunstall was one of the four Manors of Benetaiu belong-
ing to Chetal, and the name appears to denote the town of the Station, Orerbnrrow in
this Parish being unqnestioDably the Bremetonafs of the Itineraries. Tunstall had
been scparaled at a very early period from the Saion Parish of Kirkby I^nsdale.
Under the Normans, it was annraed to the Barony of Hornby, and held by Eogor de
Montbegon. In the 17th Edward III. the Manor was hold by Sir William de Tun-
■tall, whose bther, Uenry de Tunstall, possessed lands in I>uicBshire in the ITth
Edward II, Tho Manor was forfeited by tho attuinder of Sir Kit-hard Tunstall in
1464 i but the Act of Attainder was reversed and the Estates restored to him in the
14th Edward rV. His descendant, Francis Tunstall Esq. living in the year 1637,
■old the possessions of his ancestors, before tho year 1G12, to Nicholas Girlingtou of
Oirlington, afterwards of Thurland, from whom they pasted, by sale, after the death
of John Oirlington Esq. in 1706, to the family of Weh;b. Bobert Welch of Leek in
Tunat^ Esq. who died in 1775, is said to have sold the entire Manor of Thurland,
and the Advowson of Tunstall Vicarage, to Miles North of Kirkby Lousdale Esq.
who was succeeded b; his son, Bichsrd Toulmin North Esq. who, in 1813, obtain<^
an Act far eaclosing about thirteeo hundred arres of waste land within his Manor* of
TnniUU and Whittingtou.

VOL. II.] 3k

460 ^otitia Cesirirnitifi.

Val.[ue] 16'. Patr.[oii, the] Abbey of Croxtou.

Aii.[no] 1612, [a] Yic.[ar] pre s. [anted] by Grant from John

Girlington Esq. [tlie] true Patron. Inst.[ituiio}i] B.[ook,^ 2, p. 52.

;. [The] Parish [is] divided into 4 Quarters i 1, Tunstall ; 2,

Burrow, (consisting of 3 Hamlets ;) 4, Leek, (V^ has likewise 3

Hamlets ;) and 4, Cantsfield.

[There are] 4 Churchwardena for y" 4 Guarters ; each of W*"
names 2 for y" nest year to [the] Min. [ister :] and he chooses one.

Augm.[eated] w^"" 200' an,[no] 1719, by Mr. Withers, the
Vicar.

Thurland Castle.^

■ 5^^ ^' '^ * petty School; [the] endowm' is betw.[een} 20" and
2^^ 30" p.[er] an. [num.]

The Church ia named in Ihc Valor of 1391, and was lalued at £26. ISa. 4d. Prior
to the year 1346, the Adrowaon was vested in the Abbot and Oonrent of CroitOB
Eeyrial, and continued nith them until the DisBolution of the Bcligions Hoiuea.
In the 35th Elizabeth, Franeia Tnnatall of Thurland Esq. exerciied Ibe patronage,
which waa afterwnrdii posBosaed by the GirlingtouB, and ii now an appurtenant of the
Manor. The Churi'b ia supposed to have been rcbuQt bj Sir Thomw Tunatall, who
lired in the reiens of Uenrj IV. md Uunry V. and nhoso matilated stone effigy, with
a comCHl helmet, still romains od the South side of the Altar rails. The architecture
is late perpendicular. Brian Tunatall Esq. in hia Will dated the IGtL of August 1513,
gives "to the Church workcs of Tnnstall, iii'. vi". liii-'. sjid deairea to be bnried in the
oulward part of the Church of Seynt Myuhaell of Tunstall," whiuh is not the modsm
dedication. In I6S0 the Inquisitors reported that the heirs of Sir John Oirlington, s
delinquent, deceased, were the Patrons. The Parsonage and Tithes were impropriated
to Mr. Edward Wilson of Nether Lcrons in the county of Weatmorelnnd, and worth
£120 per annum. No Tithe Com or Hay belaoged to the Vicar. Ho bad Uie
BmaU Tithes, which were valued at £30. per annuDi before the decay of sheep and
agriculture, (owing to tLa Civil Wars,) but then only wortli £16 per annum. ^ itiW.
J«5. Lamb. Lihr. vol. ii. A Ciisntrj ciisted in this Church, endowed with £4 a year
by John Hornby, issuing out of Unds in Ireby. It waa diasolvod by Edward VI. and
ro-insLituted by Queen Mary. Whitaker soya the Rectory waa charged with an
umuily of twenty marks for Iho support of a Schoolmaster at Whalley, by Letters
Patent of Edward VI. the Founder. This annuity is still paid.— CAar. Com. Srji.

' Thurhmd Caatle was founded by Sir Thomas Tunstall, who obtained a Licence
from llcnry IV. to forli^ and kernel or embattle it. It encloses an irregular angular
Court, which is approached through a Gateway on the West. To the right, was a

QeancT^ of S.on0t(aU. 491

M^IEf^St' OvEBLEKE, vide TuNSTALL. S'lnlrU, 3.
S^Certif.[ied] S'-IS'-OO*, viz. Int.[ere8tl
of money, 21 -5' ■00''; and 13''' arising out of Land.
3 m.[iles] fi'om [the] Par.[ish] Church.

Uncertainly served. Curate Licensed an. [no] 1695. V.[ide]
Subs. [cripi ion] B.[ook.]

[The] Vic.[ar] of Tunstall preaches 4 times in y' year; and
reads Prayers sometimes.

I 3efi2rCIX<G2r©X,' about 120i p.[er] an.[num.] ^....fg.i.i
S Patron, Mr. Cairns, a Papist,

Val.[ue] 40 marks. Pat.[ron,] Mr. Huddlcston.
I MS. L.

■ptKaoDa dommtio ChapeL Tha Towen and BattlemeDts of the vhole being suiv
roimded b; ■ deep circular moat, giTe it a fortress-liks aspect. Leltmd described it
■I "an ancient Castle or Manor placo of stone, of the Tunetalta." It Biutained a
long (iege in Ihe jear 1643 ; bat wbb left a ruin. A few HpnrtDients were fitted up
I7 John Oirlington Esq. for bia Shrioraltj of Lancashire in 1661. Of this family
wen Cuthbert Tun^tali, the karucd and amiable Bishop of Durham, the friend of
Erasmus and Sir TliMnaa More; and Sir Drian Tunstall, "the BtoinlsBa Enigbt,"
frbo fell at Floddcn. CoDsiderable odditiDns and restorations, in the castellated
t^le, were nude between the yeaia 1S12 and 1S2T, b; Kicbard Touimin North Esq.

■ Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £60. Begisters at Tunstall.

Thii Township belonged to the Ovmcts, Lords of Hnlton, before the 17th John )
mnd Bogar Ckmet died seized of it in the 3€tb Henry 111. In the reign of Edward
m. it was held by the Tunatalls, and has shared the same late with the rest of their
I^ncaabire possessions. Hubert Henry Welch Esq. whose grandiatber, Robert
Welch, sold the Manor of Tunstall, resides hero.

The Ch>^ is ancient, and in the year 1650 was reported to be three miles from
the Pariah Church, and two milui &om the Church of Thornton in the county of
York, and the lababitanta desired to be made Parochial, They had at that time nei-
ther Hiniater nor maintenances hut Mr. John Leake M.A. Vicar of Tunstall, some-
times snpphcd the C^iro, Tho Vicar of Tunstall is the Patron.

' Patron Saint unluiown. Value in 1834, £415. Rfgistcrs of BaptisBis and
BoriaLi begin December 13th 1538; of Marriages, 15S9.

48S fiatitui tf nUrimstiL

An. [no] 1576, Frwi.[cis] Tunstall Esq. presented. fml.lUu-
/wn] B.[ook,] 1. Pap. B.[ook,] p. 8.

[The Parish] is divided into S Villages, rix. Whittington, New-
ton, and Docker.

[Thei« are] 1 Churchvardens ; 3 for Whittington, [and] 2 for
y* other VilUgrs. The old Churchw. [ardens] name 8, oot of w**
J* Rect.[oQr] tinotxBs four new tmes.

lite Chuieli [is] in a veir niinoos coudition, an.[no] 1717.

Wltittinfrton.' We«t H«U,> and SeOett.*

IV Mmmt of WMtnr at &t 8
«H h^l alxMl tW !«%■ of Si^ J«^ ^ BafatI >«• fi

o the ^O^* «r D* Cb«9s b^ Ml ■

>,kj Ik " " I • *. ^

J3eimtxio of lonnliale. 493

Bfben to [the] Poor by severall peraona, 81'; [the] Int. CEiartttiri.
[erest to be] distributed yearly.

of the IiiTiDg. Shortlj after tliis it passed to the Crafts, and aftanrards to tlie
familjr of Oaro*, It is noir the property, bj purohwe, of Thomas Oreeue of Slyne
Esq. M.F.

* Sellot Ha]l was probably built bj Robert Bajnes Gent, who held lands here in
the 34th Eliinbeth. Luca», the Leeds antiquary, in the time of Queen Anne, says,
"A long race of gentlemen of the name of Bnyncs, resided at Sellett Hall." The Hall
has long been in the&inilyof Haniion of SondaL

I

L

©canrp of Jfurncs anB CartmcU/

(ecton;)

^ot mmtionrl) m iH^. %,. but t^c ilibing;^,

(iiij. 4,) put in iamtiaU B.[fann*fi.]

Eanraslibirr.

traton'. 11. Quarters. 1, Aldinghi

IBJ^lgfeaiH,' about 2001 p.fer]
an. [num.] Patron, the Crown.

Val.[uc] 100 marks. Patr.[oii,] I^
of Marque. [?] MS. L.

An. [no] 1546, Patron, [the] Mar-
quis of Dorset, Inat.[itution] B.[ook,]
1, p. 31.

[The] PariBh [is] dinded into 4
I, Beacliff, Sunbreak, and Half of Scales ;

'LohBDiLE, north of tLe Sandi, inclu ding the District of Cartmel and Fumcss, (brmed
part of the count j of Westmoceluid, in the jear 129] ; but Ihnt district now belong*
to Lancashire. The Boiend Mononi comprehtmded nitbin tho Lordship of FuTDeu,
'B of Fumeu, Ul'crstone, sod Muchlaud, with Torrer, in each of whit^
B Court Leet and Court Baron maj lie held ; the Manora of Dalton, EgtoD and New-
I, and Hawkelicad, in each of which a Court Baton oulj can be held ; and the
Manor of Neiill Halli all which Manors belong to the Lord of the Liberty; th«
Manors of Conishesd and Bardaea, and the Manor of BUwith, for which no Court*
are now held; the Manor of TLirkb;, for wbJcli a Court Baron muj be heldi the
Manor of Bolton and Adgnrlej, the Manor of Dunnerdale &nd Srathwaitt^ tl»
Manors of Lowick, Bronghton, PonuingtoD, and Conistoii, for each of which ■ Court

Qeanrrv of.-tFUrncas ana CartmcL 495

2, Hoosebeck, Newbiggin, Colt Park, [Call Park,] and Moat ; 3,
Leese and Dendron ; 4, Gleaston and balf of Scales. For which
Quarters there arc 4 Churchwarden a, each of V^^ chooses two for
next year, and out of y" y» Min. [later chooses] one.

Aldmgham.3 llsH.

Buon IB DOIT held; but in none of those Manors belonging Co other lands, is tlicrc
any Court Loet. — Weafs HMarg of Furnria.

Camdeu dertTSB tliB ctjmologj of Furncss from its projection into the bsj, luid
dsenis it Bunitfllent to ForL-lsnd, or the FronWHiorium AiUeritu of the LBtin.
WiUinm the Conqnmor gave the district to Roger of Poiotierej and in the jbh
1126, Stephen, Earl of Boulogne, conferred the Lordship, eicept the lands of
Michael le Fleming, on the Abbej of Fumcsa, where it remained until the Diaio-
lation, vben it reverted to the Croim. In 1662 it was granted to Qeorge, DuIm of
Albemarle, and liij heirs i and is now held by the Duke of Buccleueb, to whom the
.Albemarle Estates hare descended.

> Dedicated to St. Cuthbert. Value in IBM, £1,093. B«gislen begin in 153S.

At Ibe Norman Surrej, Aldingbnni vat held by Ernulf, vho bad sii oamaal«a, to
be Uied- It was immediately allerwards granted to Michael Flsndreiuis, or Le
Fleming, aometimee called Michael de Fvirness, w!io is supposed to have accompanied
William the Conqueror to England, and to hare been living as late as 1163, (West'i
Bitlory OfFaneit, pp. 24, 25 i) though a more reasonable conjectnre would include
■t least two iudiTiduuls of those names.

Sir Michael le Fleming, the descendant of the original grantee, having been
drowned in the Lcven, and leaTiDg no issue, his sister Alice carried the inheritance,
\>j marriage, to John Cancefleld of Cancefield in the Fariab of Tuiistall. On the
death of William, brother of John de Caneeficld, in 1273, the Manor of Aldlng-
ham passed to Sir Robert de Haverington, or Harington, in right of his wife,
A^net, sister and heiress of William de Cancefield. His son. Sir William de Uaver-
ington, had a Licence for making a Park in his Manor of Aldingham, in the 14th
Edward III. ; and was stunmoned to Pariiament, as a Boron, from the IBth Edward
II. to his death in the 21st Edward III. Elizabeth, daughter and heirees of William,
Lord Harrington of Aldingham, wlio died in 14ST, married William, Lord BonTile of
Ohaton, whose son and heir became Lord Ilarrington ; and being killed in 1460, at
the Battle of Wakefield, his oiJy daughter and belreas, Cecilia, married Thomas Qrey,
created Marquess of Dorset by Edward IV. to wliom she conveyed the Manor. His
grandson, Henry, (father of Lady Jane Orey,) created Duke of Suffolk by Edward VT.
was beheaded by Queen Mai^ in 1664, and the Manor and Adrowson became forfeited
to the Crown, where they still remain. The present Lessee of the former is Colonel
Braddya

The Church is attributed to the first Miobael le Fleming, at the Founder. It is
■upposed to hare been rebuilt by au early Harrington, and renewed about the time of

L

[fticn by S' John Preston, 3 FensioiiB of 5 marks each.
Given by 3 Inhab. [itauta the] Int. [erest] of 201.

gaj £NBtt«K.> An. [no] 1644, a Chap-

inS pell being built in this Township by

Rob.[ert] Dickenson, he gave by Will SOC to a Sufficient Scliolar,

to read Divine Service there every Sunday, and to teach School in

it on Week Dayea, w'** money he ordered to be laid out in Land.

Henrf T. In 1291 the Livicg was Tslued at £63. 6s. 8d. The interior in chieflj
remarkable for its three cylindrical Colonme on the Soath side, the deeplj-channeUfid
Arches resting upon tbem, and a circuUi Door-vray — all ports of the original struo-
tiire. The Tower is large, and supported bj butlrosaesi but the Nare is long, low,
and narrow, and vbite-waabed eittmallj. In IG&O the Patronage van Tested in the
Duchy of Laneaster. Mr. Fleming of Rydall had about 40b. a year from the Impro-
prialsl Com Tithe. There was a Reotorj-hause and two and a tialf acres of Qlebe
and Titlie, worth altogether £140 per annum. The Eictor wos Mr. Thomaa Bhaw,
M.A. a pains-taking Minister, and a man of good conversation. — Pari. Inq. Lamb-
lAhr. "Aldingham Boct. Modus in lieu of Titlie, Hemp, FIbi, and Bay, se« the CaM
ofTully Ter.Kihier, 11th Feb. 17aa. Bunbury, 191."— Ducarel's fifprrf. Theliriiig
was worth in 1773, upon an average of fite years, £296, or theroobouts, ye»rlj. —
SoU, iy Mr. Hugh Speed, in the Ifolilia.

' Aldingham Hall, the Manor-house, and residence of the Le Flemings, is now
gone I but its site is indicated by the plot of ground near Call Park, rolled the Uoat.

I Patron anint unknown. Value in 1834, £46, Begisters begin in 1788.

Leece is a small Township iNintaining a few farm houses; and here is tha Utile
Chapel of Dondron, situated in one of the most fortilo parts of Low Fumess, where
the eminences ara gently undulating mounts, and the valleys winding and narrow,
with umbragoooe bonks. In 1650 the Porliamentary Commissioners stated that
" Dendsrum Chapel was builded 7 years since, by Mr. Dicconson, Citixim of London,
I, bom within a mile of the place where the Chapel is erected, builded, and
finished." It was worth about £16 a year, arising from the iutereat of £200, intended
by the said Benofaelor to be given towards the maintonauce of a Minister. The
Inhabitants wore three and a half miles from the Parish Church, and nombeniig
■il^-nino families, desired to be made Parochial. — Pari. Inq. Lamh. Libr. The
Obapel was rebuilt at the expense of Bobert Qreen of London Esq. and consecrated
by Bishop Markham on the 2d of August 1767. — A'ule by Mr. Hugh Speed. Thii
edifice has long been appropriated to its origiiiol use. The Sector of Alding-
the Culmte.

Oranrr^ of jFUmtBO anD Cartmrl. 497

This Chapei is now used only for a School.

3 in.[ilcs] from Aldingham.

Gleaston Castle.'' RuIT.

VjSSL oil.[ert] Bicfirnnon left 2001 for a person to read Divine ^ttjaul.
|§j$S Service, and teach School here. By his Will he appoints
y' y« blaster shall be a Single Man, and be chosen by y" luhab.
[itants] of Dcndron, Lccee, and Gieaston, w"* y* consent of y"
Rcct' of Aldingham. 'Tis free to those to^ns,

V.[ide] Nom. [ination] an.[no] 1691, and 1700. Pap. Rey.

^A ^ttt is 201 Poor Stock, [the] Int.[erest of which is] yearly Cljartlirrf.
ijpa paid by the Sidesmen and Overseers of y° Poor.

jl aarflSm,' about lOO' p.[er] an.[num,] of w^*" SQi *■•

y is paid by [the] Lessee of [the] Improp, [riator;] the Bjn... o. i. *

rest arises from Eaat.[er] Dues and Surp. [lice] Fees, ivt^^ li™.
I ^ yfl Curate is permitted to have. Pen«. s. a. ^

Improp. [riator, the] B p. of Chester. [Tiie] Curate at present J^i'mciSS'
ps] named by lus Lessee. t^i*ji^iu,.».«.

» At GIe««ton arc Hip rcmnina of r liilnpiilolcd Coatle. Tbtf area i» ■ square, aod p«p.' '".'." S
the ruins ponsitt of lito Towers, ticnrlj pcrfecl, on the West side, nnd Iracnt of
tower* otk the East. The north trnU, plotheil in irj, oontains a iwinteil door-woy of
red Mud stone, llic itiirnw within is prnfect. In the reig^i of Henr; VTII.
Lehmd aijn, "Tliere is a Ruine and Waulle* of a Cnsllc in l«ncoatn?»hiro carrlod
Ginton Caatell, somatymo loiigriige to Ihe Lorde Harpigtons, now to the MariiuiM
of Doraet. It atondethe a 2 milei from Carthcmaile."

' Dedicalei! lo the B. Virgin Mary, noly Trinity, [Erton.] Value in 1831, £113,
Begiiters bcgiD ia tS&S-

The etjmologj of this pU™ ia Britbh, and derircd from irrf, a camp or fortifica-
tion, and mrt, a smail mountain or fell, — combined, a fortrcfs oniongst the fcilht.
Camden nays the Britons seltled here b the year 677 1 and Eg&id, King of NoKh-
umhria, gave St. Outhbert the land, and nit the Britons in it. The Pariah ia not
named in Domeiday Book,

The Manor of Cartmel wss given by Henry 1. to William Marcschal, whose
VOL. II.] ' .Ss

498 jiotitia CcstrintBiA.

This Churcli, with its CLappells, was given to the Priory of
Kertmell by W.[illiam] Mareschall, the Founder, iu j' Reign of
Rich.[ard] I. V,[idc] Moa.[asticon,'] sup.[ra.] In the 10th Eli-
zabeth, Dr. Richard Master' had a Lease of the Tithes of Cartmell
irom the Bishop of Chester.

dcHpendant, WUliiun Maresclial the dder, Earl of Pembroke, giiTe it to lii» Prioij
of St. Maij, which he foundod in the joar II8S1 and endowed it (arthor with the
Cbmch of BuliriT, the Chapel of Balunadan, the Totrn and Advowson of lUnro* in
Ireknd, and the Tithes of " the ancient Parish Church of Cartmel," Preparatory to
the Diesolution, the demeenes of the Prior; were Burreyed iu the 28th Hcnr; TTXI. ;
and four jeara aftorwarda the Manor of Cartmel wm anneiod to the Duchj of Lan-
caster, in which it still remains Tested. The fee farmer is the Earl of Burlington, in
whoKi family the priTilt^e has cautinned since it was obtained in 1609, by Gtotgt
Preston Esq.

The Church is supposed to be of the SaioD era ; and West di^scribes the place as
having belonged to the Church before the Norman Couqueal. The present structure
was probably unacted as the Church of the Priory, by Willinm Mareschal, Earl of
Pembroke, in the reign of Henry II. The Church is large and cruciform, with a
singular Steeple, composed of a aqiiaro within a square. — Peunaot's Seeoiid Timr in
Scotland, 1772. Dr. 'Whil«ker oipressca his bolipf that the Choir and Transepts an
of the first foundation! but the North side of the No.Te appears to bo of equal, if
not greater antiquity. A general alteration of the Church took place iu the time of
Edward III. ; and many of the decorated 'Windows, and somu remnants of painted
glass, cannot be later than that period. In 1291 "Kertyncl" was Tolued at £46.
13s. 4d. It was bought by the Parishioners at the Diisolution, as their Parish
Church, although it had heen such before the foundation of the Priory ; and is one
of the very few monastic edilteea that escaped the general destruction, or as it was
onco expressed, " rcmayned unpluckod down." Eighty years afterwards it was greatly
dilapidated, and Qcorge Preston of HoUier Esq. contracted with the Parishioners, in
CODsideration of forty murks, and as much old lead as could be spared, lo re-edi^ the
building, and to supply a now roof. This timely renovation rcntorod, though with
diminished splendour, the sacred pile ; and Dr. 'Wbitaker regretted that " in this One
Chureb, alter the lapse of two ceuluries, another Prcslou begins to be wanted." —
Mitt, of WhalUy, p. 557. At the present time the masonry parts of the interior of
the Chirch are being restored, and the One lofty arches encrusted with white-wash for
centuries will be displayed in their original symmetry and architi>ctural beauty.

At the East end of the South Aisle, within a parclase, is the Chapel of the Pres-
tons and Lowtbors of Holker Hall. It contains numerous monuments.

On the North side of the principal, or Lady's Choir, is a narrow Chapel, with its
groined roof entire, anciently called the "Piper Choir." The Harrington monument
is of the decorated em, and the Sgure is in the armour of the reign of Edward III.
On the South is the Town Choir, probably the Parish Church before the Dissolution.

Scanci^ of JFumcen anB efartmel. 499

An. [no] 1689, Mr. Hen.[ry] Bigland left to y Church, lOQi.

[The] Parish [is] divided into [the] Townships of Alethwaite,
Walton, and Broughtou, for w**" there are 3 Churchwardens, cho-
sen by [the] Parishioncra, w*^ consent of [the] Min.[i8ter.]

[The] Minister namea y" Curates to all y« Chappells, w* leave
of y* Bp. who is Rectour and Improp. [riator.]

Holker,^ and Bigland.^ %aIU.

Id 1660 CBitmcI wsg rotum^ as a Bcctoiy, appropriate to the 9«o of Chester, anil
worth .£350 per rniniim, leued 'b; the kte Bishop to Mr. Frc»ton of Eolker. The
Hinieter never had an; maintenanco at all, only what the Bishop's fanners would
allow, untQ of lati', when thore was £80 per snnum rcscmcd bj order of the Com-
mittee of Qoldemith's Hall, upon Mr. Preston's composition. The Minister was Mr.
Philip Bennett M.A. "alltiues Eaithiiill to tbe Parliament}" and it is to bo ctiaritablj
hoped cqiiallf so to a higher Power, although he miserabl^r forgot his eBDOoical
obedioncMi to Bishop Bridgemiin, and his Gdehtj to the Churth. — Sec Pari. i«g.
Z^amb. lAbr.

The Veatiy contains b small Library, giien to the Parish by Thomaa Preston of
Holker Esq. M.P. who died in 16TB, aged Borouty-ninD, and who obtained the stipend
of £80 to be settled on the Incumbent, out of tbe Tithes of which he was the Lessee
of the Impropriator.

Three miles South of the town is a colobratcd limestone spring, called "The Holy
Well," mai;h used for the gout and cntaneous eruptions.

' Kicbard Master M.D. of All Souls' College, Oiford, was conrerted from Popery
b; Uonry Bullinger, in the reign of Edward VI. and was on intimate friend and cor-
respondent of B«dolph Guolter. He took Orders, but declined a very lucrotire
benefice from want, as ho alleged, of sufllcient acquaintance with the Word of God.
In 1551 he mentions hating devoted himself for tco sucrt-ssiie years, to the study of
Medicine, and was then maintaining himself ot Oiford by the practice of it, having
become from a bnd Divine, a tolcnibl; good Physician, — liLo the person mentioned
by AugnitiDe, as having become from a bad Monk, n good Divine. He was FhysiciaD
to Queen EUiibeth in 1569, and installed Prebendary of York on the 14th of Man;h
IM2. The reversion of the Lease of the Tithes of Cartmel was made to him by
Bisbop Downhom, in 15G7. He was the direct ancestor of Lieut. Col. William
Chester Master of Knole Park in the county of Gloucester. — See Original Lefteri of
Vh Englwh heformtn, p. 358, and ZvricK LHtert, second scries, Faakeb SociXTTi
Burke's Commonert of England.

■ Hotter Hall stands in a Pork ornamented with laiuriant timber. It w«« the
property of the Prestons ia the time of Queon Elizabeth, and passed with Katberine,
daughter and heiress of Thomas Preston Esq. M.P. to her husband. Sir William Low-
ther of Marskc Bart. M.P. about 1697, ichose grandson, Sir William Iiowthcr, dying
s.p. devised his Estates lo his cousin, Lord George A. Cnveudish, who died in 1795,

500 iaotitifl CfBtrtensiB.

Ai^ool- ^^^ ^^ i^ ^ ¥iee School endowed w''' 2G' p.[er] an.[niim,] w**" a
^SKi Pub. [lie] Library belonging to it. The Gate-House of y«
Dissolved Priory was PurcLascd [of Jlr. Preston] by y* Parish,
and converted into a School-house an. [no] 1624.

An. [no] 1680, the School Stock amounted to 1901, with 131'-
10" of W^^ a Close was purchased [of Thomas Preston Esq.] called
Middleficld, [near Cartmel Church;] 6i-6'-8'* was spent at Law;
and [the] remainder was put out on good Securityes,

An.[H0] 1689, Mr. Henry Bigland, [by Will dated 9th Dec.
1689,] left 400' for y* Scliool, w"" v^, and some other publick
[moneys,] Clark's closes and Bonvick's tenement were purchased,
an. [no] 1715 [1692?] ; 10" was recovered for y" use of y" said
School ; and Mrs. Jane Bigland left 40', [the] Int. [erest of which
is] for an Usher.

[The] Master [ia] nominated by 24 [persons,] representing the
Parish.
JSrotDC&gt Here is another Publ. [ic] School, endowed with 9' p.[er] an.
*ciaoI. [num,] erected by [the] lnhab.[itaut3] about an.[no] 1685.

An.[no] 1683, Mr. Geo. [orgc] Biglaiids left [by AVIU dated 18th
May,] his Enclosure called Bradall, and a Warehouse at Grange,
to y" Master; and an. [no] 1689, Mr. Hen.[ry] Biglaiid left 501.

Ad. [no] 1707, [a] blaster [was] Licensed upon [the] Itccom-
unmnrrioil ; and alier tlie death of his brottii-ra, Ibc Estnto devolicd on liia iicpliow,
Lonl Qeorgo A- H. Caiciidiili, btotliur of tlie fifth Duke of DeTonsIure. The E»rl-
dom of Burlington kvna rcTivcd io liji favour in 1831; mid il^-iiig iii 1B34, Uowns suc-
ceeded by bia grandson, William, tlio preheat Earl of Burlingtou, and onnei' of llolbcr.
Cr. Wliituker deacrilxn iLe house in hi* dnj oa plain, Imbitable, and commodioiu,
with oil those comforts nliich greatness alono mn feol, in flying from tlio incumbrance
of greatnesi. There is an engTaviug of it inBaincs' Huttirg of Laiunuhire. Tliehotue
hai been almost entirely re-cdifled by Webster of Kciidol.

* Bigland Ilall, a laodcrn-built house, the seat of Qeorge Bigland Esq. sUnds near
the summit of a hill beautifully adorned iiitb wood, ami in the (ruut is a fine tain
ebamdicg nith wild fowl, but at Iho back tbe Diaguiiiceiit Windermere. Tliia family
is descended from JZdicird Bighind, (wilb whom the Pedigree begins,) iiiing about the
time of Ilcnry VIII. as deduced by Bulpli Bigland Esq. Garter, who was a collateral
member of the House. Baines gives a liaw of the Jlansiou.

' Mr. Oeorge Bigland of Bighiud, baptised the 30th of Octolier 16-17, and died
immarried, in August 1686. His brother, Henry Bigland, was a mercbaot at Ham.

Brantru of jftimtsB aUO Cartmtl. 501

mendation of [the] Curate of Cartmell. V. [ids] Mem.[orandum]
B.[oak.] Subs.[cri/iliojt] B.[ook.]

Hfbm by Mts. An.[nc] Preston, lOQi, [the] Int.[erest] for cftaritit*.
putting out poor Apprentices in y" Parish ; by S' W. Low-
ther, to [the] Poor, 100' ; Jfr. Hen. [17] Biglaud, 50' ; Mr. Row.
[land] Briggs, 52', to be distributed in Bread; EUz,[abetIi]
Brookbank, 20' ; one Kcllett, a eertain Bumme, w'^'' is now 23' ;
Joh[n] Brookbank, sev. [eral] Legacyea, but only 90' reeovercd,
[the] Int,[erest to be] given yearly to the Poor of Walton; 65',
ir^ w^ was purchased Lowstonc Acre ; 29', put out iu parcells, to
4 persons.

To [the] Poorof Aisidc [Moresidc?] 27'-13».4'', in the hands
of John Harrison; 8', iu the hands of 'nio.[mas] Barron. [Ben.
jamin Fletcher gave, by AVill dated the 6th of June 1695, ^£200,
for [the] maintenance of four Schoobnastcrs and Readers, at the
four Chapels iu Cartmel Parish.]

^^ aUiTfWm jr^ia.,' Certif.[ied] (tttap.^ar.

^3 8'- 10*. 2'', viz. 6i-0".2'', eollected by a ia«flin.
Salary-Bill from y* possessours of Land within the Chappelry; F»in. abt. bo
2'.10', [the] Iiit,[erest] of 50' given by Mr. Fletcher. Ane* ^rfc^MP*"
Sal.[ajj-] was about I'-IO'.

Given to [the] Chap, [el] by Jlr. Shaw IC, v'i; w»'' Fletcher's

buTgli, and died unniarritd, Iu 16Si^, nged thirl j-eig1it.
Thonuw Biglaiid Gent, ibo other iKMiofactor nnined in I
of DeoBinber 1G83, uid died umuirrie'l, in 1712.

' Dedicated to St. Ai.lhonj. Valiu. in 1834. £67. itegisteri at CtrtnieL
The tctmerj in tlii^ aeigkbourhood is eitremel; luxuriant. It ba^ bcvn deKribed
b; » recent Tourist aa full of beauty, — beauty of the nioit perfect kind, continiuU;
tdlerinj; in cbnmcter. The aublimo miul be nought at the Northern cud of Winder-
mcM, — at the Southero nil ii lovely, often abrupt, wild anil soft by turns, and fron
the Toad beyond and near Fell Foot, sbiAing its chanieter ereiy mile, until at Stom
it mingles tlu> moat imposing aspect with all tlie gracvs of pictorisl beauty. The
I^w brsaking hero and there upon Ibo riew in diflerant combinatiou, like the nmoe

502 fietitiz enttitmin.

money, is secured on Land. Mr. Shaw's money was left for
a Sermon once a year. Law.[rence] Harrison left IC, [the] Int.
[erest] to [be paid to the] Curate for Admin, [istering] y* Saa*
once a year.

Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1704, 12'-0&-00^. Pap. Reg.

[The] Reader and Master elected by [the] Inhab. [itants,] w**"
approb.[atioii] of [the] Min.[ister] of Cartmell, an.[no] 1700.
Pap. Reg.

An.[no] 1713, [a] Faculty [was] Granted to Bury in y« Chap-
pell and Chappel-Yard. [A] Reg.[iater] to be kept, and [the]
names of y" buried to be transmitted to [the] Mother Church.
Reg.[ister'\ B.{ook,'\ 4.

Some parts of y* Chappelry are nine miles from [the] Par.[ish]
Chur.[ch;] none nearer y" seven.

[There is] I Chap, [el] warden, chosen by [the] Curate and
pres.[ent] Warden.

An. [no] 1719, Augra. [ented] w'*- 200", by lot : laid out in land
an.[no] 1723, in y" Chappelry,

[There is] a Meeting-house about a mile distant from [the]
Chap, [el.]

of a bcautifbl TiiioQ, until the plontatioDB and woods next the water becotae more
dense, and our view wm confined on tlmt aide of the road alone, tbough on the right,
hills, nooil-cotereil and steep, betaoging to the skirte of Cartmcl FcUb, rose high over
oar heads, fopo'shortened ftom proiimily. At times the trees which covered them
flung out their spreading branches to meet those on the teXa side at the rood, and
wc seemed paasing throogli a Torest riioote in every sense frDm the ecener; that
really existed around us. — England in He Ntnettentk Century^ Lancathire, p. 314.

The Chapel existed here early in the screnlecnth century, and probably long before.
In 16E0 it WHS retoroed as beiug six and a half miles from the Parish Church. No
Salary but £40 per annum allowed by the Committee o( Qoldsmiths' Hall, out of
Mr. Preston's composition. The Minister was " Mr. John Brooke, an old malignant,
not reconciled." — Pari. Inq. Lamb. Libr. It was afterwards recommended that the
district should be made a Parish with Staveley annexed to it, and a permanent endow-
ment be granted ; but the removal of the stem and honest old Curate does not ap-
pear to have been thought advisable. — Pari. Inq. Lamb. Libr. Uow discouraging
must have been his position '. hut rvxatio dot tnteUtdiiin, that is ipiril, according to
Jeremiah MarklAnd's Iranilation.

The Earl of Burlington U Patron.

Sesnnj! of jFurnots anli ^artnul. 503

^^ nt is a School; Sal.[ary] to [the] Master, 2'-lO-0* p.[cr] irftoal.
2§£[ au.[num,] who is always y* Reader of y" Chappell; same
w"" that given to [the] Curate by Fletcher. lO' more given by
Laurence [Harrison,] to the same use.
No School-house.

HtOm to [the] Poor 100', w^*", w'^" Fletcher's 501, to [the] Cftarttft*.
Curate and Teacher; 20' by [Laurence] Harrison, and 10'
by [Mr.] Shaw, "for a preaching Curate," was laid out in Laxtd,
now let for 8'-15>00'i p.[cr] an.[nain,] 1734.

^pl(!>(!f>»B01(t©ae»,' Certif.[ied] m.t.

IMiS 9i.l2»-00*, viz. Int. [crest] of 50' given auflm.
by Mr. Will. [iam] Pepper; [the] Int.[erest] of 50' given by Mr. |™' »'''-£
Ben.[jamin] Fletcher; [the Interest of] 241, [given] by Mr. Jam. d'"^**''^- =
[es] Simpson, and other small sums by aev. [eral] persons; I'
p,[er] an.[num] from Ro.[bert] Burrow, and 4^ P-[er] an.[num]
from Mar.[garet] Bond, out of y' Land.

In tbo 16th ChnrlBB I, CBrtmcl Fell pud a rent to tho Lord of the Manor,
ctlled "Service Silver," and several (arms in Cartmol were charged with a "greaaon"
or rent, called " the kuowingo," being B money pajment crer; eecond year and a half.

■ Dedicated to 5t John (ho Baptist. Taluo in 1834, £121. Bcgiaters at CortmeL

Flookborough is situated in Lower Holier, and is cbieflj diitinguished bj the
noble Hall. It waa anoientlj a Market Toim, aod had a Charter graoted by Edwnrd
I. in the siith jear of big reign. It is nov a small village, and the Market baa
merged into that of CBji:meL

The Chapel exiited in the siitocnth cmturf, and in 1650 was reported to be threa
milea from the Parish Church, and without either an Endowment or a Miniiter.
The Chapelij comprised one hundred and twentj-eigbt families, who bombly prayed
the L^ialature that it might be made a Foriah, and a pioua MijuBter aottled (here,
with a suitable maintenance. — ParL Inq. voL ii. The interior aceommodatioD of tbe
Obapel has been lately iucrcosed.

The Earl of Burhngton is the Patron.

Northward up the Leveii estuary, affluent in emerald rorduTC, dark vtith wood*
rising over woods, and studded here and there with rocky crags, tbe soonerj ii
equally attractive, pre«enting object* of intOTeal, round to where the monntaini border

504 llotltia Crstrfrnsia.

The Chap, [el] stands in a small Market. Town, betw.[eeu] 2
and 3 miles from [the] Par, [ish] Church,
;. Flookb. [orough,] Cark, aud Holker.

One Chap, [el] warden. One of y" Churchw, [ardens] of Cart-
niell seires for this Chap, [el] too,

An,[uo] 1704, Certif.[ied] 7= p.[er] an.[uum.] Pap. Reg.

Augm,[entcd] au,[no] 1734, w* SOQi: one lOQi given by S'
Tlio.[mas] Lowther; another 100' by Sirs. Jcnyus, daughter and
Exec, [ntor] to Lady Jloyer, out of money left for that use by
Lady Moyer.

No market uor Fair now kept here, an, [no] 1724.

[Cark Ilall,^]

■ ISli **" *° *''^ ^°°^ ^^'^ ^' f^""^ '^"" t""^"'] ^^^- [^^^^'^] "f money
SBBS in [the] bauds of Geo,[rge] Muckelt; [the] Int,[erest] of
481 more, put out in parccUs, to 4 persons.

a^KXiaail,' Certif,[ied] 5l.8».0i, viz.
^^ li-U)»-G'J, auc' Sal.[ary] from [the]

tlie takes of Coniaton and ^Villde^ne^c, forming n fine background, tvliilc more to the
Eaatwurd, tlio opposito shore ii divorwfled witU nnkod ot wood- crowned cnpe), that
jut out bold!;, tliougU not of gnat elcrntioii, lo ulicre ibey torminHtE □□ tlie South
bj tliMt bcjond Flookborongh, Here Holker Hall and its grounds form conspipuou*
objoctB. — Eajlund in the Niatteenth CeittTiry — LanciuMre.

' Cark Ilall, a hkrge lioulc built in tlio reign of James I, was the sent of the Cur-
wens in the aiiteenth ceuturj, and was eODTejcd by Margaret, daughter of Waller
Cur^reo, nnd heir of bcr brother Bobcrl Curwcn, to William RawUiison of CrMnhead
Esq.' who died in 1619, &ther of Kobert Bawlinson Esq. Vieo-Cbancellor of Chester,
bom in 1610, aud ob. in 1635, His grandson Christophor, son of Cnnven Rawlin-
BOB, died ou the Sth of January 1782-3, aged fiftj-flva, and vt$ buried in St. Alban'a
Abbe; Church. Dr, Ranlinson, the antiquar;-, son of Sir Thomas Riwlinoon, vaa
descended from a younger son of thi* respeotablo family, Cark is uow the property
of Mr. Aaken, and other reprcseDtotiTes of the RairliDsons.

' Dedicated to St, Paul, Talue in 1834, iE71. Eegiaters at Cartmel,
Lindale is eituated in Upper Allithvtaite, aud is Mtid by fiainea to be an ancient
ParoL-hial CTiapelry. Ca»th-hend in this Township is supposed to have been a Roman

DcmtTD of jnirnriis anH tfCartmcI. 50r>

Inhah.[itants;] 3i-17»-6'', [the] Int.[erest] of 77' ■ IC left by
aeT,[eral] pcrsous,

Certif. [icd] an. [no] 1722, money belong, [ing] to thia Chap.
[el,] 110', 50' of w'*' was given by Mr. [Benjamin] Fletcher, [in
1695,] w"! w'' a small Tenem* is purchased; 41' is in y hands of
y" Min.[ister;] the rest in 3 small sums, put out to 3 persons.

3 m.[iles] from [the] Par.[i8h] Church ; and contains only part Cutnni.
of a TownsP.

One Chap, [el] warden.

Hfbnt to y Poor bom in Lindale or Grarigg, by Miles Tay- C^xrits.
lour, [by Will dated 12th Dec. 1714,] in land and money,
about 12' p.[er] an.[num.]

^Hj ffai^ElIV,' Certif.[ied] G^-Z'-fA aupi.
S^S clear from y" School and all Dediic-

nudeDcc. Imperial coins, aneieat ring), fibulic, beads, and fossils, hare been foiisd
hera. At the foot of tta rock a handsoinc Iioubo was built sod the grounda Uid out
with ^reot tatte, b; Ur. WilkiiuoD. In 1630 Iheeo vrero purcliawd b^ Mr. Robert
Wright of Liierpool.

ThB date of tho Chapel appears to be unknown ; but in ICBO it was reported to be
four miles from the Pamli Cliurch, and hod "neither Mlnieter nor maintennuve,
though a place of great necessitje for bolh." The place contained at that time one
hundred and tweatj- tamilire, wbo humbl; praj-ed tbat the State, u the ChriBttui
QovCTDor, would Bend them a Miuister, baring been taught by such men tu Owen
and Flatcl, that Kulon, both Eccltniutioat and CJtU, were " ordained of Qod," and
that all power was from Him, and not &om tbe people. The Chapel waa rebuilt id
18ZS, the Incorporated Church Building Society baring granted £1S5, by which one
hundred and fifteen free alttings were secured. There is a Faraonage-house.

Tbo Kari of Burlington is the Patron.

■ Patron Saint unknown. Value in IBM, £106. Rvgistera at Cartmel.

The chief ornament of Stavoley is Mewby-bridge, a deUghtful hamlet embowered in
wood, with tho beautiful broad stream of the Leren, formed br the overflowing of
Windermere, pnsaing through it. A more charming and luxuriant, bat retired aeene,
it would be difheult to find in any part of Lancashire. In 1650 the CLapel was said
to be fire miles A'om the Parish Church ; and £50 a year was paid to the Miniater by
order of tho Committee of Plundered Ministers, oiil of the rent reserred to the Bishop
of Chester from Mr. Pnxloii. The Curate was Hr. Gabriel Camelford, "■ godly*
VOL. II.] 3 T

506 Jlotitia CtBtvitnsis.

tions; 2' -4* ■9'' from y* possessours of Lands, 4' ■9'' whereof not
paid for 30 y.[ear8,] and 3*-4^ not paid for 2 years past, (1717;)
4'- 10", rent of an Estate given [by Mr. Thomas Barwick, by Will
dated 2d Sept. 1669,] to a Minister and Schoolmaster, taxes and
other dues allowed out of it; 3' 12', out of Lands, part to a
Reader, [aud] part to a Schoolmaster; Z'-6^, [the] Iiit.[ere8t] of
3'. 10", due to [the] Chap.[el] and School. V.[ide] School.

5 in.[iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church.

[It is] served by a Priest, Licensed to y" said Chap. [el.]

One Chap.[cl] warden.

An. [no] 1719, Augm.[ented] w"" 2001, by Jot; laid out in land
in Yorksh.[ire,] called Petgil-holme.

^W Sci)ODl [is] taught here in y= Chap, [el,] 5'' 10" p.[er] an.
^SS [nuni] being given to a Schoolmaster at this Chap, [el,] and
in default of a Master to y" Reader; 4'- 10" p.[er] an.[num, the
rent of] a tcnem', to a Min.[ister] and Schoolmaster; 3' ■ 12»
p.[er] an.[nuni,] out of Lands, part to a Min.[ister, and] part to
a Reader; [the] Int.[erest] of 3' ■ IC to [the] School and Chap-
pell. V.[ide] CHAPi-ELt.

3'-12"p.[cr] an.[num;] certif.[icd] an.[no] 1723, to be 4'.10>
p.[cr] an.[num,] and called 8 acres; [the] Int. [crest] of 5', given
to buy Books for [the] poor children at y" SchooL

■ EEB **"" *" ^^^^'^ ^°°^ "^ *'"^ Hamlet [the] Int. [erest] of gS,
BJH and of 10', and [a] share of [the] Int. [erest] of 50', and 25',
given to the whole Parish. [The] Int. [erest] of 26' to [the]
Poor of y* whole Division of Staveley. [The] Int. [erest] of
SS'.IO', certif[ied] 1722.

BDd painfnil mnn in hiii raUing ;" but liis maiutoniinee Ix^ing uncortsin the Inhabitanta
humbly dceircf) thit tbe same might be eettted b; the Stnto, or some competent
afforilod. — Farl. lug. Lamb. Libr. The Chnpel was repnirod before the jiiir 1677 ;
Knd the present structure wns built in 1TU3. The Enrl of Burliti^on is the Patron.

This hamble Living was held for focly-nine years bj the Euv. Mr. Law, a natiie of
Askhani io WustinDreland ; and bent vta born in 1703, his lenrnvd and pious son,
Edmund Law D.D. Bi«hop of Carlisle, fother of the first Lord Kllenborough, md of

Sniurs of JFun«»» anO ffartmel.

S^ ®ata.3r®N,' Certif.[iedJ ISi-lfr-OS'', il,

S^\iz. IS'.e'.S'i paid by [the] Inliab. ^^

[itants,] but some of it [is] ill paid; 1' ■ lO left by [the] 2 Pcnuys, d£.: ii:

and paid every Good Fryday; 8' p.[er] an.[iiuin] lefl by Capt.

[ain] Sands, for w^^ y" Minister is obliged to teach School or allow

a Master half the profits.

the Bisliopa of Elpliin nnd Bath and 'Weils. The Biahop of Csrlisle was pducated at
Cartmel and Kendal Schools, and tbcnce proceeded to St. John's College, Cambridge,
B.A. in 1723, M.A. in 1727, being then FoUow of Chrisfg College. Ho waa a ruU-
tive and patron of tbc Eev, Joseph Robertson M.A. Viear of Horncostle, » achotar
md critio of some emiaenco in the last eontur;, the kiDsmaa of Bishop Oibson, aud
of the Editor of this book. — See Nichols' Literaiy Anei.-dolei, toL iii. p. &01.

' Dedicated to the Holy Triuitj. Value in 183i, £Si. Kegistcrs bpgin in 1630:
miising from 1643 to 1676.

In the reign of Ednard I. the Abbot of Fumeas, to whom the Bailivick of Coultou
belonged, inclosed b; Rojol Licence, serera! i>ortiouH of luid in Coiilton. Bj Inden-
ture dated January 2Bth 1509, each tenant teas allotted Ills proportion of Common
by a Jury of the Monks of Fumess aod the Teuantry of Coultoo. On the Disaoln-
tion of Fiirnoaa, the Abbey posaeasiona in Conlton were anneied to the Dofhy of
Lancaster, and were held of the Crown by the payment of " bioomamithy" or wood
rents. The latter whs resened in the year 1565 to the Queen, and tlie payment
charged by the tenants upon themselres. Biahop Gibson derived the name of Fumea
from Foantage^ owing to Iho numerous Fumaocs wliicli were in it, and he considered
the Bloomamithy Rents to aupport his Ttew of the ctjraiology. — Qibaon'e Camden.
In 1613 the Bailiwick of Coultou, Nibthwaite, HaTertbwaite, Satterthwaite, Sswrey,
and Grailiiwaito, wna granted, in fee form, to William aind George Whitmoro of Lob'
don, the reot then being " bloomsmithy." This rent waa granted, with the other
priTJlegea of the Liberty of Fumess, by Charles II. to the Duke of Albemarle,
from whom it haa descended to the Quko of Buccleuch. There are no Manorial rigbti
exercised.

The Chorch is ■ small, unpretending slrnctnre, on the aunimit of a bleak hill. It
coDsista of an embattled Tower, a Nave, without Aisles, and a Chancel. It is stated
is the Pedigree of the Bawlinsons of Qreeuhead, that William liawlinson Esq.
rebuilt "the Parochial Chapel of Conlton," upon the Common belonging to his
&nuly, before the year 1603 ; and being ironically styled " one of Henry the Eighth's
Vicarages," was probably built about the time ot the Reformation. The Chapel,
bowBter, waa not independent at this time of the Mother Cljurch of Ilawkshead,
which bad itself been eonslilutcd a Pariah by Archbishop Saudys, about the year
1&84. It was atyled Farocliial in 1650, aud erroneously staled to bo nine mile* (it

k

508 ilotttta Crfltncnoia.

This was formerly a mean unconsecrated Cliap.[el] under y"
Abbey of Ftirues, till after y" Dissolution of that Abbey, it was
inlarged iu building, and consecrated and made Farocbiall by
Abp. Sands.

The ancient allowance to y" Min.fister] was only 20 Nobles,
but y Inhab.[itants] added 20 Nobles more Tol.[untarily;] and
Capt.[ain] Adam Sands left an Estate [at Cowridding in Coulton,]
in Trust to certain Feofl'ees, for y" use of " a Preaching School-
master, who should officiate in the Parochial Cliapel of Coulton,"
upon condition y* y" Inhab. [itants] continue to pay y" second 20
Nobles, otherwise y" Estate is to return to Capt.[aiu] Sands'
Family. V. [idc] Lett.[er] from Mr. Tho.[mas] Chapman of
Booth-hall, in Coulton, who married the Niece and sole heir of
Capt.[ain] Sands. Pap. Reg.

The Inbab. [itants] having purchased y" sev.[eral] Tyths &om
[the] Improp. [riator] have ever since named y" Curate, there
being no other Patron who claims y« Right,

The Parish is divided into 4 parts, in each of w^*" there is a
Churchwarden who Collects y' Min'' Salary from House to House,
in every Division. There are 3 or 4 little Hamlets. [The] first
part [is] called [the] Eastside of Coultou-beck ; 2, Westside of
C oul ton-beck ; 3, Haverthwaite, Finsthwaite, and Rusland; 4,
Niblethwaite, [Nibthwaite.]

[A] Minister [was] elected by [the] Inhab. [itants,] an.j^no]
1694 and 1G97. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

being only Ave) from tho Pariah Church. The IchabKants "were pleaaMl to contri-
butB about £13. 69. 8d. ■ ye»r" to Mr, Walloiu, who then offitiatedi but thaj
lamented Dot haviog cither a M>tllvd Minister or niaiiileuauee. ^ Fnrl. Iitq, LatrA.
Libr. Coulton diil not become tevered from Havrkeliead until 1G76, uid U one of tho
few modem Pariebes of the Dioceae. Its prclensiooB are still m urerj respect TBrj
humble. " It bas ueTer giTen name or reaidcDce to any family of ancient ocuouiil, nor
hem dietinguithed by the birth of any considerable name ; but tlie quiet and retire-
ment of ita Tale« are dehghtful. The econery is far mom diTcrsifled than that of Low
Furneas, and it has a varied uid itrcguUr surface of cbearful rulliea, rocky but mode-
rate accliritiea, with hanging woods everywhere clothing their side*, almost to their
aummits." — Dr. WMakvr. The Inhabitant Landowners appoint the Curata, and
contribute iheir proportionate ihares towards his Income.

Jj^tunsts of jF^urne»s tmH Caxtmtl.

509

An.[no] 1724, eleven of y« Inhab. [itanta] style yiSaelvea Im-
propriatours and Patrons in au Instrument under their hands and
seals. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

[Coulton Hall,2 and Greenhead.'] fgalM.

^^df Ije Minister is obliged to teach School or to allow a School- Retool.
S~ii master half y* profits of an Estate left by Capt,[ain] Sand».
V.[ide] Chi'rch.

[The] Int.[erest] of GO' left by Barth.[olomew] Pennington.

[The] Nom. [ination] of y Master [is vested] in [the] Min.
[ister, the] Tmatees of y" said Legacy, and the Sidesmen.

HOjtn by Will,[iam] Penny Sen^. and Will.[iam] Penny Jun'. €fi^tUUt.
[of Penny Bridge?] 15'p.[cr] an.[num,] to be distrib. [uted]
on Good Fryday to [the] Poor. [The] Int.[erest] of 5' by Christ'
Chanmey, [in 1720.]

L

f^I>*52r?eaaaiJ!r,' a new Chappell auBm.
%^Ld erected an. [no] 1724, at y* Charge of Aboa

' Coulton HbU is n»med in the year 1563 at eieropt from " bloomginithj"
Id tlio leventi'enth centurj it wai tlio rwidenco of Adnm Sondjs Ooat. ■ brwieh from
tlie Pueut Uousa of Orajthnaitc. He died hero in 1G64, and is tlic Captain SandfB
named in tha teit.

' Qreeobead, now a farm-house, adjoinmg tbe Churcli, icas hoid bj John Bawlinaon
Qent. in tbo time of Henry VII. aiid bis last direct mole descendant was Christopher,
son of CurwcD Rstrlinson Esq. M.P. for Laucoaler in 1686. Chrielopher Bawlinaon
WM educated at Queen't College, Oxford, and published the Saxon TerHion of Boetkiui
it OMaolaimie Phitoaophia, attributed to King Altrcd. Uo founded a Lecture on
tbe Saion Languago, »hs a mui of varied and citeniiTe learning, and memorable U
being tho but direct descendant of tbe Flnutagonela. Ilia muther was Elixaboth,
Mcond daughter and eobeireM of Nicholas Monk, Bishop of Hereford, brother of
George, Duke of Albemarle, eon of Sir Thomas Monl of Potbcridge in tbe eoim^
of Devon, grandson of Thomas Monk Esq. by Francee Plnntagcnet, daughter and
ooheireia of Arthur Plantagenel, Viiconnt Lisle, son of Edward IV, This "eon-
aiderable name" had escaped Whitaker's recollection.

■ Dediealed to Bl. Peter. Value in 1B34, £76. B<!«i«ttin begin in 113B.

510 iliotttia (ETrsniniflifi.

[the] Inhab. [itants,] y* ground for [the] Chap, [el] and Vard
being given by Mr. Taylour of Lending. [The] Chap, [el is] 56
Feet long and above 24 broad, w"' a yard fenced out w"" a Stoue
Wall,
t, 4 ni.[iles] from Coulton.

Augna. [entcd] an. [no] 1724 w* 2001 given by Clement Taylour
and Rieh.[ard] Bobinson, who, w''' consent of [the] Min,[ister,]
nom. [inate] y* Curate.

^^^ tn is a School'' erected by [the] Inhab. [itants] at y" same
^^ time w"" y" Chap.[e!,] in v'^ y^ Curate of y" Chap, [el] is
obliged to teach Scholars at 12'^ p. [er] Q. [uarter.]

FiuBtbwaitc, Ruslauil, aad IlavortliwHite, are Ihree yillageB wticli oitend over the
whole of the Enst part ot the PnriBh of Coultou. In an lutfrument daled tho 8th of
April 1721, Mr. Thomas Taylor, Minister of Colton, JameB Penny, John Machcll,
'WilUsiD CbspmBD, Francis Chamney, John Kobinson, Robert Scales, ThomaB Seotaon,
John Chamney, James CowpUnd, WilllHm PeniiingtoQ, and Uunrr Taylor, style them-
■elves Impropriators of the Rectory, and Patrons of the Living, "t!)D eamo being ous
of the CtiracjB called King Henrj VIII'' Vicarages," and thereby resign the Patron-
Bgo of the AdTOWBon of Finsthwaite to Clement Taylor of Finsthwaile, stid Riclu«l
Robinson of Waterside, yeomen, on condilioD of their giTiog £200 to the Ooremon
of Queen Annu's Bounty, to be hiid out for the perpetual augmentation of the Chapel
of FiDBthwoite in the said Parish of Colton. — Gastroll's MSS. Segiitry, Chfiter.

Tbe Cbapcl is Parochial, and a plain building. It has lately been enlarged. The
Incumbent of Coullon and the Land-ovncrs uppoiat the Curate.

A Chapel, dedicated to St. Paul, wa» buUt at Rusland in 17W ) and another, dedi-
cated to St. Anne, at Uafcrthwaile, in 1836. The Minister of Coulton DomiDateB
the Curates of these Chspela. The beautiful tillage of Newbj Bridge, on Ibc Sonthcni
bank of Windermere, is situated in the latter hamlet.

' Id 1729 James Dixon bequeathed a cottage, garden, and turbary, in ease his son
should die without issue, whieb eient happened, for the use of the Master of ths
Onumnar School of Fiuathwaite.

BtantT!? of Jftinifflia anO CartnwI.

^;.'.S!X"

i ai2r®N,' Certif.[ied] 19i-0&'-08'', viz. [a] Pens.[ion] V. ffl.
from y* heirs of S' \V.[illiaiii] Lowtber, Farmers of *■. t.

y- Rectory, 1 7' ■ 06> ■ OSJ ; and Siirp.[lice] fees, 2'. t. f.'*. o

Patron, [the] Chancellor of the Dutchy, xri." u!in! o

This Cliurch wna approp. [riated] to [the] Abbey of Fumes; Bri/''lJi '
and an. [no] 1228, [the] ArchbP ordained y' the Vicar should have n"'^!!!
40" p.[er] an.[nnm.]

In y* year 1423 [the] Archd" of Richmond confirmed this arSlpnii!
Church to y" Abbey with all Tyths, [pcrsoual, predial, and mixt, a.t'i.n.a

' Dedicated to St. Muy. Talue in 1831, £113. BegisterB begin in 1570.

The Manor of Dalton nevec appears to have pusrd from tbc Cromi, or from the
Lord Psrnmount folding under the Crown, till the Foundation of Funiess Abbej:
and mi Daiton aecme to baTo been the Norman capital of the Baronv, the Church must
have been orectod, and tho Parish laid out, under the imtnediato influOTm, and b; the
immediate bouaty of the King, or of the Bacon of Laneaater. Tlie Abbot scd Con-
tent of Furneea in the 23d Henry III. obtained a ro^r^l Oraat to bold an annual Fair
■t Dalton, on the ore, the day, and the morrow of St. Edward the ConfMBor, which
privilege was confirmed in the 2t)tb of the name reign ; and at this time Dalton had
befome the oapitat of PumeBS, haTJDg derived its importance from its proiimitj to
the Abbej. At the Dissolution the Manor fell to Iha Crown, and the poBsesaions,
Conaiating of the site and immediate grounds of tho Abbey, together with other
£itates, nere pnrchaaod by John Preston of Preston Patrick and Under Lerens Hall
Esq. Ue made the Abbey his future residenee, Hnil bis descendant, John Preston
Esq. was created a Baronet on the Ist of April 1644 i on the death of Sir Tb onus
Preston, tho last Baronet, s.p.m. bis Estatve in Fumesa were granted, afler mnch liti-
gation, to the heir of Christopher Preston of Holker, whose grandson Thomas, loft ■
daughter and heiress, who married Sir WilUam Lowther Bart, who died in 1706,
being the ancestor of tbo Bight Hon. William, second Earl of Burlington, the present
Manerial owner.

The Church stands at tho Sonth-Eaatem extremity of the town, on the margin of a
iteep brow, overlooking the deep glen of Bockansgill, or tho "Vale of Nightshade,"
where Mr, West persuaded himself that he had diaooTcred the restiges of a Boman
BDoampment, probably the ancient eaatellam built by Agricola. A Church doubtless
occupied this site before the oroclion of Furness Abbey, and was the common Mother
Cbureh of Urewick, Ulvcrston, and Hawkshead ; but the first mention made of the
Church is a donation uf the Yicarage of Dalton by the Abbot and Convent, a.d. but
decided by Whitaker to have been made between the years IIDS and 1200, as it was
confirmed by Honorius, Archdeacon of Kicbmond, who held that office for two years

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512 iototitia GcBtririiftis.

even those which the Vicars had, or might claimj &c. saving to
y« Vicar y° Mansion House and the Churchyard, and the Tyth of
Bread and Ale in y« Town of Dalton, [and the Candles to be
oflered at the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, in the Church of
Dalton,] and 26 marks p. [er] an.[nuni] from y* Convent, who
were to repair the Chauccll and pay all Dues to [the] King, Abp,
fico. MS. £6. [or.] Reff.[ister] T.T. from [the] I^g.[ister\ of
Rickm''. V.[ide] Oriff.[mal] Compos.lUion,] an.[m] 1423. RegF.
[ts/cr'] of Archd.\f:acoii] Bowet, f. 19.

An. [uo] 1 Eliz. [abeth, the] Queen presented in Right of Her

Duchy of Lane, [aster.] Inst.\itution\ B.[ooA:,] 1, p. 51.

1. [The] Parish [is] divided into 4 Quarters called Bierleya. 1,

Dalton Bierlcy; 2, Above - town- B ierley ; 3, Yarlc-side-Bierley ;

4, Hawcoat-Bierley ; for w^ divisions there are 4 Church- wardens.

only. Tlio Church was apptoprintial to tho Abboy by Waller do Gray, Archbiabop
of York, in Mny 1228, aaring the rights of WiUiam the Vicar, (whatever they were,)
Bud securing forty marks per annum for future ^'iears. ^ Rp/jister of lie Abbeg of
Famea in Ike Dtidit/ Offl/ir, foL ZSG. Tliia wsa n liberal sasignment, and uonCinual
in force until tlie tLmB of Henry VI. when a new ordination waa made by Henry
Boiret, .Irchdeacon of Bichmonil, aftervards Arubbinhop of York, owing to the
miBunderBtandinga attd diaaenlions wliieU existed between Robert de Denton, Abbot
of FumesB, and Kicherd SpofTortb, Ferpetnal Yii'ar of Dalton. Dated in the Cbapler
House of FunieM, Oct. lOtb 1423. — RegUI. peaa Cammisi. At. de Rickmomi, Xofal.
D. foL This stipend, onc« an ample proiisiou, and now a wretched pillaacc, for an
Incumbent, still coQtinncs to bo paid oat of the Beotorj. At tha Diasolulion, the
Advowaon was anocied to the possessions of the Duchy of LanFaatcr, where it still
remains. In 1650 tbe Parish waa slated to bo twelve milca in longitude, and four
miles in latitude, and tbe whole the Impropriation of the heirs of Sir John Preston,
dcoeosed, a Papist delinquent. Tbe entire profits were reedvcd by those who bad the
benefit of his EalatB by asBipinieut of tbe Parliament. There was a litlie Viearage-
bouse and a quarter of a rood of Qlobc, but no Tilhoa of Com or Grain. The Vicars
bad recoiTed, in times past, £17. Gs. &d. from the Bercirer of the Duchy Heientte;
but this had not been paid of seren years, and Mr. Richard Tomlinson the Yiow
had then nothing oicopt Irom the bcnerolence of thu people Ihcro abiding. — Pari,
Inq. Lamb. Libr. In 18S6 tbe North side of the Church was rebuilt, and in 1830
Other additions were made which giTB tlio Chun-b a modem appearance. The early
Norman Arch of the North Door, rudely omamcuted by figures and arched bands,
as well OS the old castellated Tower, have been very properly preserved. The Font
is curious, and conlainf on it Ihp arms of Fumenii Abbey.

SMtirrj; of jFUmesft anD Gortmtl. 518

Tower,' and Manor House.^ IB'IU-

^1^ ere is a Free School endowed w"" 8' p.[er] an. [num.] *tfcBiH.
J^n Founded byTho. [mas] Bolton,* Citizen of Lond.[on,] who
gave 200' for a Sal.[ary] to [the] Master, £20 towards building
the School, and 20* a year towards repairing it. He is Nom.
[inated] by y Vestrymen of y" Parish.

ffliben by John [Richard] Gaitskill la'-lO" p.[er] an.[num, a^wUie*.
by Deed dated May 20th 1626, Lands at Newbiggen in the
county of Westmoreland,] one half for y" maintenance of three
poor people [of the Pariah of Dalton,] and the other for binding
out poor Children apprentices, or preferring poor Maids in Mar-
riage; and by Will dated 18th of April 1632, the west end of
his house at Uowbridge in Dalton, containing five rooms, and a 3SatDbritts>
moiety of a garden, with a moss room in Ulvcrston moss, for the " "
habitation of three poor people, to be appointed by the Lord of
the Manor of Fumess, and his heirs, and the twenty-four men of
the Parish. Sir Thomas Preston, before 1674, gave ^6650 for
the use of the Poor of Dalton, which was expended in Land.
Gabriel Fell, in 1638, left 10s. a year to the Poor.

* D&lton Tower wu built in the fourteenth or fifteenth ceututy, and u sappoBed to
oeoupj the site of & Koman Cutellum. In mare peaceful time* the Abbota held thnr
Court! ia this building, which wa« oleo used u • priaon ; uid the Lord of tlie Manor
a till holds his Courta Leut and Boron in it.

• The Manor, or the Ablxij, became the reaidenee of John Preston E«q. before 1569,
in which year he waa Sheriff of LaDcaahire, and continued the ehicf seat of hie dea-
cendanti for sereral generation!. It now belongs to their reprettentatiTs, the Earl of
Burlington.

< Thomas Boulton, bj a Codicil dated t4tb Nor. 1632, ordered that this School
■hould be built "after the manner, forme, and fashion of the Chappel or Schools
House latelj built bj Odei Brownerigge Oent. in the towne of Irdatb in the paruh
of Dalton," and he appointed OQca Browneriggo a Trustee. — Lanr. ifSS.

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jilotftia CTcittrirnats.

^m.abt,., »j S|^ a^SI-SX. al'b Ramstbad,' Certif.

^iiii ^^ [ied] 8i-3«-4^ which has been paid

by [the] Iiihab.[itant3] of y" Chappelry, time out of mind, accord,
[ing] to )-* Rates of their tenements.*

[The] Curate [is] Nom,[inated] by [the] Vicar of Dalton and
[the] Iuhab.[itaiit3] of [the] Chappelry, an.[oo] 1720. Pap. Reg.
CciCDtiif. 2. Ramside and Kosecourt. [There are] but 3 houses in y* latter,
but good Estates belong to them.

Certif.[ied] au.[no] 1722, Qi . 6» ■ S'*, paid by [the] Inhab.
[it ants.]

No Wardens.

4ni.[iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church; [and] 3 m.[iles] from
Aldingham.
fttfiaal. No School, only [the] Curate teaches some children freely.

' Dcdicutcd to 8t. MifihaeL Value in 1834, £100. Kegistere Bt Dnlton.

Tli(- Toinulup of Yorleeide coDtains the ntina of the Abbe; luid tbo rilUge uid
Chapel of Bampside, and the hamlets of Nenton, Staak, and Ilosecotit. In the year
1409 Roseel, or Kose, was held b; Vane of AmnndtTlnv, in two parcels, for auAi of
which he paida rent of 6)il. to the Abbot of Kumess. The Chapel was crocled "abont
Ihc d]o)v of the H^renteenlh oonturj, and was for Bome time lued aa a ScbooL" —
BaineB' Hilt, of La»eathire, toI. it, p. f5G6.

In 1650 Kamsido Cliapel was returned ta benig sitnale five milea from tbe Pariah
Churcb, having no maintenaiice uor Minuter ; and the Inhabitaoto humblj' prajed to
hnrr a Parish. -^ Pari. Ing. Lamb. Libr.

In 1716 Mr. John Staioetan «a» the Curate of Rampside, and receiicd the stipend
mentioned b; Biabop Qsfitrolt. The Chapelrj wai gaid to oompriae four imaU
Townebipa. — Mr. Joteph Lamberfi Letter to Bitkop Qatlrell.

In 1752 Eichard MeUior loft by Will the intorot of £30 for the benefit of "a
teaching Schoohnaetcr in Bnmpaide Chapcll," — n legacy nercr paid, and neicr heard
of until mentioned bj a man on \ia death-boil, whose father was nephew to the Tes-
tator and succeeded to his property, which whs wasted by his bankrujrt son.

The Chapel, with a Tower, atanding on an emioence, was rebuilt in 1840, in the
lato pcrpendioular stylo of architecture. The oid Chapel aeeins to have been rebuilt
in 1G21, as this date appeared on a fouiidalion stone ; but from a number of human
bones being found dcpoailcd in the grounrl-work of the building, and beneath the
foundation, an earlier Chapel bad probably existed.

Patron — the Vicar of Dalton.

* It was contended that these rates of the tenemeuta belonged to the Schoolmaster,

IScancrn of jFttrnrss <inb Cjirlmrl.

^gBCU13i3=HMElIff»,' Certif.[ied] 3'
!^Rlp.[er] aQ.[QUiii,] paid by [the] Inhab.
[itants] out of their Lands.

2 m.[iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church, aud about 2 m.[iles]
from [the] Vicaridge of y Eame.

[It ia] served by a resident Curate, who is chosen by [the]
Inhab. [itauts] to be [the] Curate and Schoolmaster.

MHii en is a Free Scliool taught by y" Curate. V, [ide] Certif. ftrfjaal,
fSo [icate] an, [no] 1691, Pap. Reg.

The School was built [in 1612,] by Gilea Brownrigge^ of St.
Clement Danes Lond [on,] who settled by Indenture [dated 15th

and not to the Minirter; but thp contrnry wae decided in the Congistorj Court of
Eichmond, in 1819, when Bi»hop OsBtrell'a Nolitia wu produced in evideiioe, nnd
eonsidcred to be lioal.

■ Patron Saiot unknown. Talue in 1B34, £63. Registen at tbe Mothec Churcb.

Kirkby Ireleth, H Chapfl in the Parish of Dalton, ia (o bo dUtiSguiehed from a
MpUBte Parish and Vicarage of the Kama name in this Doaaerf. Dr. Wbitaker con-
fouodi the two. Kirkby Ireleth, Lindalc, and Marton, all iu tbe Pariah of DaltOQ,
within the Manor of Plain Furnoas, were held in 1821 by the Must Noble Etinbcth,
Ducbeea Dowager of Buccleucb and Queensbuiy, aa Lady of the Manor of Plain For-
tans, wbcn an Act of Parliament waa oblainod to enclose the Commooa. Hia Oraoe
the Duke of BuMrlunch is the prment owner. The riclieat and most productiTe Iron
Mines in Fornoss are sitoaled at this place, and the Hines of Whitorigg, described by
West as tlio Peru of Funiese, are Btill worked, and yield rnluable ore.

In 1650 Ireleth Chapel in named bb "not far from the Pariah Chureh, but neare
enough thereto, and waa only built for a School, and some, for their particular eaae,
would hare the aiune made a Chapel." [Chapelry ?] — Pari. Inq. Lamb, Libr. In
1693, Bishop Stratford appointed the Buv. Mr. Armatrong King's Preacher for
the County, and required him to preach at Eirby Ireleth, Satterthwaite, Coniatooe,
Blawith, Lowiok, and Woodland Chapela ; and he wrote to Mr. 9baw, the Reotor of
Warrington, Ot-t. 27th 1693, tbut "the Exorcise abould bo duly performed." Hia
Sakry woa £50 a year.— See WarriHgton, p. £33. In 1716, November I2tb, Mr. John
BtopbGusou was tbe Curate and Sobootmacter •, but his Salary oa Curate never «i'
ceedcJ £3 a year, which tbe Inhabitants bad charged upon their fkrmt. — Jfr. Joteph
Lambfrt'' Lttttr to Binhop Onrlrell, codum ajino.

The Vicar and Inbabitants of Dalton nnniiuato tha Cumtr.

- Th« School, which wna built by Mr. Uravnrigge, vras for aomc lime prcrioua to

516 jlotitta ecstricitttifi.

August] an. [no] 1624, a parcell of Ground, enclosed, cslled Jick-
etsfield, [Fitchett's Field,] coutaioiDg in length 42^ yards, [and
in breadth 30 yards,] in St. Clement's Par,[ish, London,] val.[ue]
IS" p.[er] an.[nuin,] during y* remainder of y* term of SOO years,
[ftom the 24th of June 1579.]

[The] Master to be elected by [the] heirs of y« said Brown-
rigge and [the King's] tenants of Kirby Irelith, who shall present
two [persons] to [the] Rcct.[or] of Aldingham and [the] Vicars
of Dalton, Urswick, Kirkby [Ireleth,] and Penington ; and they
[to] take [or choose] one of y™, and to displace him upon stiffi-
cient cause.

The Tenants of Kirby, upon [the] erection of y" School, Cove,
nanted with y" a^ Brownrigg to give 2 parcells of Ground to y* g^
School, as also keeping for a [Nag or] Horse, and 2 [Kiue or]
Cows, and a quantity of Turfs, [from Angerton Moss,] all amount-
ing to S'-IT'OO". [The] Deed bears Date [25th Sept.] an.[no]
1612. V.[ide] Deeds.

Here is a dwelling House for y» Master, built lately by one of
y» Masters, w^, w* a Garden, was let for 12'; but y" present Mas-
ter lives in it. 1722.

A'pftai.NSy,' AN Island. Certif.[ied]
^Si 9'-14»-0O*, payable Quarterly by [the]

the year 1637, vecd &a a ChapeL About that period, it sppcan to ba>e btmi inliT-

dicted bj Dr. Bridgeinaa, Bishop of Cliesln-, Ihwuio, u x Chapd, It «

decent not likrge enough for the InhabitaDte ; and alio for want of ■

stipend for the Minister. In 1637, the Interdirt waa taken olC, th* InbabitauU

baiiDg undertaken to paj, bv Christopher Brownrigfev '"^ J'^'ji I**""'* tba

Duintenanoe of the Minister -, and it was oi ler(<d b; tha Blahdp lh< '

■hould be at liberty to pnll down the uppf loor, and U

baa been uaed over since for Divine Wor- j and a am

verted into a School. It etmd* on a itiM ^V**

□Terlooking the Dud don.

IStuntvs otjhxvnttin aria Cartmel.

517

Inhab, [itants,] time out of mind, by ISi^ each Tenement, the
Island containing 2 small Townsi".

5 milea from [the] Parish] Church.

[Peel Caatle.'] ftafl.

||aaS«»»Saffl,' certif.[ied] 42".00'.00d, viz. 20'

p. [er] an. [num,] paid by [the] Improp. [riator ; and]

22', rent of Glebe and Honses. i

Patron, [the] Chancellor of the Dutcliy.

The Curate is styled in y» Grant, Stipendiary Minister, and

Curate of y Rectory, Par.[ish] Church or Chap, [el] of Hanks*

head, and y" allowance of 201 p,[cr] an. [num] is there mentioned.

Thii Island contuiu BDTcrsl smiiU bamleU. It it nesrl; ten mile« in length, and
Tftrics from a quarter of a mila to a mile in breadth, being about Gre miles from Dal-
ton. Bj the Saions it nas ealled Wnghany, and wiitten, b; mistake, Rouffunai in
ths DoroMdaj Siirrej. It signifles a "walled ialand," or "a wall in the water,"
bring inBolar only during high water.

The Chapel was built before the jear 1677. In 1650 it is called Wana Chapel, in
the Island of Wana, »evCTi miles in longitude, in which Chapelry are resident about
•ilCj familioa, acrtm miles from the Parish Church. It is surrounded b; the flowing
ua twice in ererj twcntj-four hours. The Inhabitants pa; 68. 6d, a ;car as a contri-
bdtioii to a Header, and praj to become Parochial, and to have a settled maintenance
for a Minister. — Pari. I»q. A few jears ago, the Chapel was modernized and a
Bteoplo added. The "oldest inbabitaot," now agod ninctj-thrce jcata, recoUeot* when
the Chapel Boll was flrst erected.

' Peel Castle, or the Pile of the Fouldrej, adjoins this Island. It was buUt by the
Abbot of Fumcss in the lat Edward lU. to guard the entrance to the harbour, and
to be a place of retreat and safety for the Monks during the frequent irruptions
of the Scota. In the year 1556 it is described as an old decayed Castle of the Dnchy
of Lancaster, in Fumess Fells, where one Thomas Prestone^ • " Papyste Atheiate,"
it Deputy Steward.

■ Dedicated to St. Michael, Talue in 1834, £110. Befiaten begin in 166S.

The Manor of Hawltshead has been an appendage of the Liberty of Fumess since
the foundation of Fumess Abbey, and at the Dissolution became vested in the Crown,
in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, and has shared the fbrtunee of the great Lordship
of Fomeu. A Court Baron is now held by the Dnke of Bucdeuch. Tlie town

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518 i^olitia CtKtmnsifi.

V.[ide] Grant under y' Diitchy Seal 14 Jaiii.[es] 1, Reg-ligterl
B.\oo]c,'\ 2, p. 341, wlicrc there is this Entry also to be found, —
" I }»ave upon pemsall of this his MajJ*"' Grant permitted
Mr, Mason to Serve y" Cure above mentioued. Jho.
Cebtkienb,"

This Church belonged to the Abbey of Fumea, and so did
Hawkshead Hall.

Given to [the] Min.[i8ter] an. [no] 1625, by Hen.[ry] Banister,
2001; and an.[no] 1646, by Mar.[garct] Hindley, 200'; with 3601
of W*" was bought a teuem' called y' 3 Blackbirds in Fryday
Street, Lond.[ou, the] Rent of w^"" waa paid till y house was
burnt in y* Great Fire; after w'' y" Ground was let to build upon,
for w^"" ground Rent is now paid, but it is not known w'' is y*
House, and y Building Lease is now near cspiring, an. [no] 1722,

Mr. Dan.[iel] Rawlinson ordered 7' p-[er] an.[num] to be set-
tled by his son S' Tho.[ma8] Rawlinson, upon Lands, for y* Min.

stands in a warm eheltcrod thIIcj-, and man; of the houses are qunint picturesque
strucluree, and Et subjecta for an artiel's peni^il.

Hawkabead was origiaallj a Chapel iiuder Daltoo, and is mentioned as early as the
year 1200, aa an old foundntion, and waa then agsigned by Honoriua, Archdeaeon of
Rruhmond, to St, Marj of Fnrneas. Soon atlfmarda Pope Uonoriiis III. isaucd m
Commiaaion to tbo Priors of Bt, Bees, Lancaster, nnd Csrtniel, in which he sMtea
thnt the Abbot and Monks had euflii.-ientl}' provrd that the Chapel of llawkshoad
ought to be free, and was aepnratcd from the Church of Dalton ; and that William,
Chaplain of Dalton, had renounced bis appeal ngsinst the Abbot of Furness, so that a
churoh-yard might be eonsccrated for burial al Hawkuhead, and the bodies of the dead
be no longer eouT<>ycd from Uawksheiid to Dalton, a distance of more than twenty
miles. The Church of Ulvcrstone, howerer, had u claim upon the Chapel of Hawks-
head, although itself dependent upon Vrswiok, as Urawick waa upon Dalton ; and
Bobert, Parson of tHverstonc, demised to the Abbot of Furness and to the Church
of Dalton all the claim which he had to the Chapel of Hawkset. After all, it is
Btjled a Chapel in the great Eceleaiaetical Surrey of 1535.

There are architectural remains which appear to indicate that the Church waa
built soon after the Norman Conquest, and that its hardy race of berdsmcu and
ahepbcrda who first peopled Furness Fells, and esaarted its numurous thwaita, were
not BO occupied in aelfiah pursuits bs to forgot that he who builds a Church ought to
buUd for poaterity — even a remote poslority. There haTC been additions, howeier,
made to the saered fabric, and the round-headed lights of the windows appear to be
of t-be oarHer time of Queen Eliiabeth, whilst other altcralionr. look plate in 1633.

©ranrri? of jFiimeBB anti (Tattmtl. 519

[ister] and Clark, viz. 61 p.[cr] an,[nura] to [the] Minister, for
reading Divine Seri-ice in y" Church every Monday morning; and
I'p. [er] an,[num] to y* Clark, for his Attendance at that time.
The C;iark's share is fixed ; but y Minister's depends loosely upon
a Mortgage. Ceriif.lied] an. [wo] 1722,- iy ['Ae] Minister.

Colton bury their dead at this Church; but have contributed
nothing for 40 yeara past to ita Repairs. Certif.[ied] an. [no]
1722.

Int.[erest] of lOO', left [in 1669,] every fifth year to "a preach-
ing Min. [ister,]" by Mr. [Daniel] Rawlinson. V.fide] School —
Poor, to V^ it goes y« other four years.

The Parish is very extensive and populous, [and is] divided into Cotsitf.
4 Ouarters. 1, Claife; 2, [Monk] Coniston, Skelwith, and Ame-
side; 3, Saterwaite, [Satterthwaite,] Dale-park, Graisdale, [Grize-
dale, and] Gratthwaite ; 4, Hankshead, Hawkshead-field and

In the timo of Queen ElLiabetli, Arclibiahop BandjB, bj an act of Metropolitioal
power, eonstilntcd Ihis s PHrisli Churoh ; and Ihe Incumbcnl is gcaorally BtjlcJ the
Vicar, thougli do Vicornga was eybt orrlaiaed, and the Living ia ronaidcred to be a
Perpetual Curacy. In 1G50 the FarLiamentarj Inquisitors report that "Eawkebead
bath neither Vii.'arsge nor Partonsge, onlj some Tithes of Wool, Lamb, and other
Small Tithea, the value of which is unknown. Profita to the Minister are DOtbing
worth, but only what the people please to contribute, save £20 per aiiDum paid bj
the Bct. Mr. Walker." The Minister at tlmt time wm Mi. William Keajoa.— Pari.
I»g. Lamb. lAbr.

The North Chapel of the Choir a the property and burial place of tlie ancient
&mily of Snudys of Qraithwaite, and adjoining this Chapel ia ao Altar tomb to the
mamory of William and Margaret aandya, the parents of the Archbiahop, and erected
by that learned Prelate in 167S.

Bishop Oastroll has not recorded that the Pnraonnge Houac and Glebe are called
"Walter-Ground, bcmg the Gift of Dr. Walker to the Incumbent for tho time being."
This benefactor was certainly Oeorgo Walker B.D. bom in 1581, in this town, of
rdigious parents, educated at Iho Oramroar School, aflerwarda of St. John'a Col-
lege, Cambridge, and Chaplain to Dr. Felton, Biahop of Ely. He is named by roller
U a " learned," and by Wood aa a " aerere Puritan." He was one of the Aasembly
of DiTines. In 1650 he was stated to bo the Minister of John the Evangelist, in
Watling Street, London, and allowed Mr, Konyon, the Minister of Hawkshsad, £20;
but the Pariah had not any BBsurance of its being continued, nor did they know
whether their Benefactor would settle the same on tboir Church. — Purl. lug.
Lami. Libr. He died in 1651 agsd menty, baring been forty jean Tnonmbmt of

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520 ^otitta ettoxittMi*.

Field-head; for w*** there are four Churchw. [ardcns,] chosen by
[the] Mm.[Uter] and 24 [Inhabitants.]
Hawkshead.^

" j©^ ere is a Gram, [mar] School' free to all y* come, Founded an.
^^ [no] 1584, by Edm. [Edwin] Sands, Abp. of York, by vertae
of Lett.[;erB] Pat.[ent] from Q,[ueeii] Eliz.[abeth, dated 10th of
April,] an. [no] R.[egni] 27, w**" constitute y" Govemours of y"
School a Corporation. The Master was to have 20" p.[er] an.
[num,] and y» Usher 3'- 6* ■8''. [The] Master to be chosen by
[the] Govemours, w"* consent of y* Bishop of Chester. [The]
Usher to be chosen by [the] Master and Govemours. V.[ide]
Statutes in the Reff.[iater,] p. 26, [dated 1st April 1588, published
by the Archbishop.]

[10th Feb. 1588-9, Samuel Sandys, son of the Archbishop, in
performance of his father's intention, conveyed Lands and Tene-
menta in Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Yorkshire, as an endow-
ment.]

the Chnrok of St. John tli« BiaDgelut, London ; and tbough often solieited, wonld
niTTer accept of any other preferment. He wns B good Uitguiat, a coDsidenble
benefactor to Sion College Librwy, and advanced, or obtained during bia life time,
more than £1000 towards the support of poor Clergymen in Lancaahirf. He pub-
lished Bcreral Sermons and iiome ControTenial tracts, " being ready upon all oCM-
sioni," as Wood saya, " to encounter vitb any learned Catholic Priot." He was the
friend and coadjutor of Dr. Daniel Featloj.

"Conoeming Church Dues in this Parish, see an Agreement dated Oct. 31, 1694,
entflTcd into between Roger Kirkby Esq. the Impropriatoi', aod 24 of the aaid Parish,
and printed in T. Eeame't Atdiquiiiei of Olailoiiiuiy, p. 282." — Duorel'i Sep.
Lamb. Libr.

' Hawkeboad Hall was portly • Manorial Manaion and partly a Monnatio Cell,
where the Abbot occoaioQally resided, with one or moro Mooki, who performed
Ditioe Service in the Church, and atlendod to the Parochial duties. The Abbots
held their Manorial Courts over the Gateway, atil) remaining. Tbe building is quad-
rangular, and pleasantly aituated on the margin of a shaded brook.

' Tbia School will always be memoiablo from at loaet two great men, of our time,
hsriog received tbeir early education in it — the one a man of learning, and the other
of gcniua. The firat being Dr. Wordaworlh, the lata Master of Trinity CoUege, Cam-
bridfe; and the other, William Wordiworlh the Foet.

Otfliirr? of jnirncBB aiiB CTartmcI. 521

An. [no] 1691, Kevcniic 3JJ p-[erl an, [nam,] out of w'' 6' was
paid to [the] Usher. Pap.Reg. V.[idc] nom.[ination,] 1693. lb.

An. [no] 1720, Rents belong. [ing] to [the] School, amounted to
37i-13".4'i.

An. [no] 1722,10 39".

The School was rebuilt an. [no] 1675, by Mr. Dan.[iel] Raw-
Unaon of Lond.[on,] who left to y Master [the] Int.[ereat] of
lOO', every fifth year, [by Indenture dated 2l8t June 1669.]

If [the] Master be not chosen w'Mn 30 dayes, [the] Bp. of
Chester is to choose ; [and] w"'in 30 dayes more, [the Dean and
Chapter of Chester,] according to Statutes, Dated 30 Eliz. [abeth,]
and printed in Abingdon's Aniiquitiea a/ [Me] Church of Wor-
cester. [S™. 1717.]

The Tenem" belong, [ing] to [the] School, about Hawkshead,
are now (1722,) worth 20' p.[er] an.[num; the] Houses and
Lands in, and about Wakefield, 17' p.[er] an.[nuni;] and Ground
Rents in Kendale, 2' p.[er] an. [num.]

There is also a Public Library, bought by Mr. Dan.^iel] Raw- Efbrnrs.
linson, for y* use of y^ Master and Scholars, who left [the] Int.
[ercst] of 100', every fifth year, to [buy Books for the School, for
Stationery, and for a] Writing Master.

The RevJ Mr. Tho.[mas] Sandys, of St. James' Westm', has
lately [1717,] augmented the Library, and left [the] lnt.[erest]
of SOff, after some Legacyes paid, for y" maintenance of Poor
Scholars, [educated in Hawkshead School.] Priucipall not yet
paid in by his Execut', Mr, Grisedale of St. Martin's, an.[no]
1732. [The Trustees were Miles Sandys Esq. Samuel Sandys,
and their heirs, the Vicar of Hawkshead, and the Schoolmaster
for the time being. He also gave £200 to Queen's College,
Oxford.]

Bibm by George Bigg, Parish Clerk, 125'; by Edw. [Leo- ff^aritiri.
nard] Cowperthwaite, [in 1715,] 20'; by Jam.[es] Taylour,
soil \Vin.[iam] Dennison, 10'; Hen.[ry] Sawrey Jun^ 15'; Tho.
[mas] Saterthwaite, 5'; Heu.[ry] Sawrey Sen^, 5'; Ricli.[ard]
VOL. II.] 3x

{

532 ilotitia CeefriCRRis.

Atkinson, 2' -10"; Mrs. Cath.ferine] Harrison, 2'; Joliu Hunter,
1' ; [the] Int. [erest of the whole to be paid] to [the] poor, yearly,
of y« severall TownsP", accord, [iug] to [the] Will of [the] Benc-
fact".

Given by Mr. Bawlinsou, once in 5 years, [the] Int. [erest] of
lOO" to [the] Poor of Graisdale and Saterthwaite, Mother fifth year,
to put out Poor Boyes apprentices. [Miles Sawrey gave, in 1713,
^50 to the aged Poor. James Braithwaite, in 1694, gave £20 to
the impotent poor of Claifc]

Ba»2HJff1B5Maia:E.' This was for-

Mni merly a Chapel, but not made use of

in y* memory of man. Oue Rob.[ert] Saterthwaite, w" a Boy,

heard his Grandf. [ather] say he had been scy.[eral] times at

Worship there. Cei-hf[ied] by [Me] Min.[ister,'\ an.{no\ 1722.

A poor mean building, about 1^ yards long, [but] not aix w'J'in,
The walls [are] made use of for a Malt-kiln and Turf-room, by a
Quaker, in whose possession it now is. An. [no] 1722.
Graythwaite High,^ Graythwaite Low,^ and Graisdale.*

' GrBithwKite and Gruodale are two TUlagea in tlio Township of Salter thwaito.
The road rrom HawkBhcnd to Gnithwaito winds along Ihp West bank of Eethwaito
Water, and nftcnrorda, up hill mid down dale, it is shrouded in coppice for qcbtI;
four milce, without a human habitation.

The Chapel was nsTer rescuod from its profane occupant, nor applied to the aacred
pnrpoBes for which it was founded. How it hecnme disflciicd of its righls in the first
inataneo in not recorded, but the agents of the Great Rebellion had doubtless some
shBRi in the fraad. A Chspel bos, hotrerer, been since budt and endowed at Bratbaj
within thia Pariah.

' Oiaithwaile Hall, or Qniithwaitc Uigh, a plain, rougii-cnst house consisting of a
centre and two wings, is distinguiahed as the seat of the San<1;s', of which family was
George Sondjs, {aoa of the Archbishop,) the Poet, Irayeller, and friend of Ilooker,
and other beneliLctors of Hawksheod. The familj aettlcd in Fumcas about the time
of Hmrj VI. and is now reppesented bj Miles Sandja Esq, an Officer of Dragoons.

' Graithwaite Low Hall was oecupicd bj the Sawrejr famdy in the time of Henrj
VIII. and waa eonTcjed in marriage hy the daogbtcr and beiresa of John Sawrey, in
the latter part of the sorentoenth centurj, to Thomas Bawlinson Esq. ancestor of the
HawUnsona of Grajthwailo.

Dranecn of jFumrBS anB ©artmtl.

^» affIKaieK®3H;5^iS,> Ccrtif.[ied] 2'
S^S P-[er] an. [num.] paid by [the] Inhab.
[itants] out of their Estates, [as] fixed by custom.

Left by Mr. Tho.[ma3] Sandys of Kendale, to a Preaching Min.
[ister] here, some Lands called Lowsone-Park, val. [ued at] a"^ ■#
p.[er] an.[num;] bat Certif.[ied] an. [no] 1722, that this was a
Legacy of Mr. DaTi.[ie!] Rawlinson of Lond,[on,] who rebuilt
Hawk ahead School.

An.[no] 1704', Nomination of a Curate by [the] Inhab. [itants,]
signed by [the] Min.[iater] of Hawksbeatt. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

Between 3 and 4 miles from [the] Par.[ish] Church.

* Griiedale Hall, in tbo middlo of tbe siiteenth century, was the seat of the Tom-
liuaoDB ; and wus purchased from the Irloua, bj the Bcr. Thomas Bowman M.A. and
is now the property of hia aon, Thomai Bowmui Esq.

■ Patron Saint unknon-o. Value in 1634, £71. Begisten bfgio in 1766. Burials
and Marringcs at Hawkehcad.

Tbe TownBhip of Sattf rtbiraitc oxtmdn bom the South of Uawkaliead to the bor-
ders of Coulton Parish, being nearly sii miles in length, and upwards of four in
breadth, and is filled with rooks, swelling sterila hills, heatbj fells, and native woods.
The "custom" was doubtless very ancient, and proTea that the Chapel was not n
modem foundation. It eiistod in (he year 1677, and in 1660 was stated to be four
•ltd a half miles from the Parish Chureh, and without any endowment but nliat the
Inhubitants were pleased to give, which amounted to about £7 a year, and which was
then recMived by Mr. Robert Johnson, "a painfull man in his Ministry." They de-
aired to be made Parochial. — Pari. tnq. Lamh. JAbr.

In 1705, the Curate wrote, "Our Chapel at Satterthwafte was rebuit about 30 years
ago, at the sole coat and charges of the Chapclry, only one Mr. D. Bawliason, Tint-
ner, late of London, beiug n neighbour bom, gate £5 towards tbo rebuilding of it.
As for the endowment it is but £7 a year, £2 whensof is paid by the Inhabitants
within the Chapelry, the other £6 is the yearly rent of a little Hcrdwick called
IiowBon Park, given by the Will of Mr. Thomas Sandys of Kirtby Kendal in West-
moreland. ITie nomination of a Curate belongelh to the Chapelry, as of late years
was BulBeiently tried by the Chapclry, when one Mr. John Turner, who intruded by
a &lse nomiuatioD, was by a course of Law extruded, (my Lord Bp. of Chester
having reratled hi* License,) and I, at tbe importunity of the Chapclry, succeeded."
Signed, " Your'a in Christ Jesus, Edward BBAItffWAiTK," — Notilia Paroek. vol. T.
p. U07- Lnmh. Libr.

In a LeHer dnfcd Ihc .til of May 1721, nrldrcsswl lo Bishop Gaiilrell, then at Oi-

jlotttia CnttririiBiB.

fi&lSV S3&Sl,lEZriQ,> Certif.[ied] IS'-IO-OO' viz.
Glebe and Church-yard, 2' - lO ■ 00^; Tyth-Lny and
other SmaU Tyths, 2'; East.[er] Dues, 5'; given by
Mr. John Kirby, [by Will dated 27th Sept. 1680,] 3'
) a year; Surp.pice] Fees, 1'.
" Patron, the Crown.

Kirby Irelits, Iff. Pat.[roii, the Deauand] Chap.[ter] of York.
MS.L.

The Vicar and part of y= Parish [arc] subject to y« Pec.[uliar]
Jurisdiction of [the] D.[ean3 and Chap.[ter] of York.

[The] Inhab.[itants] of Duunerdale and Seathwaite, by an

ford, Mr. WUlUiu Bordleir, Miiiiet» of Uan-kaluwJ, aa;s, "Ur. Cragge, tlie Curate
of Sotterthwsito, biu aame Laud belonging to hia Plnce vhicb will not clear £5 per
annum, yet in the opinion of knowing I'eraona might be sold for £200, which, being
laid out in « better soil, or bj tbe addition of the late Qupeu'a Boontj, might fo near
to Iccbla the prest-nt profits of liiB Curacy. The Land is T«ted in Tnuleea, (and I,
aa Mini* ter of Hawk»head, am a Baperrisor oier the Truetma by the Will,) for the
Bud Curate'a Dae, who arc Terj desinxu to acU for his Benefit, and 'tii said your Lp.
thty, and the Incumbent, may make a good Title to a Purchaser." On the Sth of
June 1731, Mr. Botdley again writee — "The L«nda called Lowson Park were giren
by the Will of Mr. Thomas Sandys, and haTo not for aome yean past dcared £4
per annnm ; and vhen Mr. Cragge wrote to your Lp. tbe right to Low boq Park
remained lo be determined upon a Bill in Equity preferred by one Oeorge Bond, so
that be mentioned only £2 per annum as aruing out of the Township of Sstlerth-
waite." — OaatreU'a MSS. SfffiHiy, Oeiter.

The Chapel ia aa ordinary building, and was enlarged in 1B37. The Pew owners
at one time nominated the Curate, with the pcrmiasion of the Minister of the Motbo'
Church, who is now oharged nilh the reaponsibility bimself.

• Dedicated lo St. Culhbert, A'alue in 183-t, £125. Bcgisters hegia in 1607.

Kirkb; occurs in Dometday, and has a similar signification with Kirkham, the
Dano-Saion terminal bgt exactly corresponding with ham. Mr. West obserrea that
Ireteth fraa added to distinguish it trom other phipca bearing the same name ; lor
when the name of Kirkby, which signifies "a dwelling near a Church," grew less
distiUEtire, the adjunct Ireleth waa added, probably dcriied from Here, the West,
and lath to ascemble, as being seated in Fumcss, the moat Western port of the ancieni
Xorthumhrisn kingdom.

The Manor waa lidd by Ihe Abbey of Fiirness, and before Ibe year 1199, IstJohn,

23canFrit of jFumrfls ixvio Cirinicl. 52r>

Award of \Vm.[iam,] B.[ishop] of Cheater, are decreed to pay
8'-*', eTcry three years, for bread and wine for y" Sacr', instead
ofll'-i^i said to be due for Bread-Silver. V. [ide] Award [iw Ihe]
7th Elu.[abelk.]

By y^same Award, [the] Inhab. [itants] of BroughtoD, Dunner-
dale, and Seathwaite, are decreed to pay half-charges of all manner
of reparations of [the] Mother Church there specified; but paving
or flagging not being named, it was decreed afterw.[ards,] by ano-
ther Bp. about 1635, y* they sh'' contribute at that time, but for
y* future sh^ be discharged. They were likewiBe by y« said first
Decree excused from contributing to y Clerk of y Par.[i8h]
Church.

Boger de Kirkbj wus stjlcd ite Lord. He wu father of John de Kirkbj, a celebrated
lawjer, Juatice Itinerant in the 11th Heorj III. Jndge of tlie King's Bench in the
20th, Lord Keeper in the S6th Eeurj III. and id the lath Bdwsrd I. ■ Baron of the
BhcchcquQT. He is still better known to untiquarieB as the author of the Inqufil of
I'ontsAire, which bean hia Dame, and waa token in tbe f oar 1284. From his brother
Alexander de Kirkbj, descended a long sucuessiou of Manerial awaen, the bat of
whom wu Colonel Koger Kirkhj, liring in 1719, and who mortgaged the Manor to a
Banker, the Agent of GLtherino, Duchess of Buckingham, who, on the Banker's
iDsolTcncj, recoived the Mnnoi* in part pajmenL Thii lad; derised it to Constaotine
Pbipps, BaroD MulgraTt^ <rho sold it is 1771 to Lord John Cavendish, ancestor of
William, Earl of Burlington, now Lord of tbe Manor.

The present Cbiu^b is mpposod to have boen founded bj Alexander de Kirkby,
who, in the 11th Hcnrj III. confirmed it, with fortj acres of Land, the ancient
Glebe, to the Abliey of Fumesa. It has been presumed that a Church existed hero
before the Korman Conquest ; but it is neither named in Dometda^ nor in the ( afof
of Pope Nicholas, Tbe present fabric is late perpendicular, plain, cased in ronghcsat,
and not older than the reign of Henry IT. The Door-waj has, however, an Auglo-
Norman semi-circular arch. Tlie Tower aaa rebuilt, and the Nbtc rcnoTatcd, in
1826-7. The Windows contain some fine stained glass.

On the North side of the Church is the Kirkbf Chapel, called " Eirkb; Chantry"
fa] I&IB, containing monuments lo the memory of Wiiliom Kirkby of Kirkby Esq.
who died on the 3£d of February 1730 ; and of WiUiam Kirkby of Asbslock, who died
on the 28th of Dooember 1747.

In 1660 the Parish was returned as being ton milea in longitude and two mile* in
latitude, and the Tioarage in the Patronage of tbe Dean and Chapter of York. The
Keetory was farmed of that Corporation by Anthony Luitus Esq. oud estimated to
be worth £60 s year; and out of it 13s. 4d. a year was paid to the Poor. Thctf was
a Vicarage-housc, two acres of Glebe, and Tithe, worth £1£ per annum. "There has

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526

CTatoml.

&,otiii& eTrstncniata.

An.[no] 1671, [a] Vicar [was] Instituted by [the] E.[isliop]
of Chester, upon [the] Present, [ation] of y" Cro^vll. lTist.\ilidwti]
B.looi,] 2, p. 142.

No other mention of this Church in [the] lust, [itution] B^.

Dunnerdale and Seathwaite, Broughton.

Kirkby Hall.^

f aat of Ireleth School, an. [no] 1693. V.[idc] Pap. Reg.

■ JH^ oatr ItfrWis, by Will dated 2ith May 1681, ^ve f 10;
^£^ Agnes Kirkby, f 25 ; John Kirkby, by Will dated 1680,
£m; John Woodbum, in 1680, £5; William Chamney, in 1670,
£4: ; John Askew, £3. 6s. 6d. to the Poor. All these sums were
espcudcd in Land in 1684.

been no Vicar or Minister since Mr. Aakpw dii-d Vicar." — Pari. Inq. Lamb. Libr.
Mr. Thomati Askewc M.A, hm in9titute<l in 1606 ; ami Torre gitee the institution of
the neie Tiear in 1661, » period of flfty-fiye years.

Bishop OastreU states that the FatroaagD of the Church is Tested in the Crown,
which IB a mistake, ns it iraa conveyed by the Monks of FurDe«s to the Dean and
Chapter of York, as appears by the Qreat KoU of Archbishop Wal(i?r Okj ; and
Torre gives a close Catalogue of the Vicars, on the presentation of the Dean and
Chapter, from 1376 to 1680. There is one instance, however, of the Patronage
having been eierciswl by the Crorni in 1671, which may have misled Bishop
Oastrcll.

The Living was one of the PcoQliari of the Dean and Chapter before a lute Order
b Council for abolinliiiig these inconvcnleiit relies of MoDBstieisiD.

• Kirkby Hall was formerly called Kirkby Cross, from an ancient Cross which
stood before i(, aud which was partly demolished by order of Archbishop Sandys.
It is a low strong building of dork red stone, with large rooms, panelled and oma-
mented with carvings io wood, and armorial bearings in cement. The Chapel has a
roof of cross beams of massy oak i and on the plaster of the walls, tba Lord's Prayer
and Ten Commandments, in black letter. Kirkby was the residence of Roger Kirkby
in the twelfth century, and eoatinued in this knightly family until the last een-
tury. The house was re^^diBod by Boger Kirkby Esq. in 1633. — Xano. MSS. JW.

IScancrg of J^rnrss ann Cartmcl. 527

^g U02B©»2r©N,' Certif.[ied] r'-lO'. (flftap.lw.

fi^^ 11'', viz. Glebe, about an Acre and mt.
half, l'-2'; other dues in Brougliton and Dunnerdale, 4J-19»-5'i;
in Seathwaitc, l-i^'6''; the Inhabitants who arc Housekeepers
paying yearly at Easter, if married, 5^'', unmarried, 4^''; those
that keep a Plow, pay besides, 1"^ ; a swarm of bees, 1^ ; [a] floek
of Geese, one Goose or 6''; a Sow, one pigg, or I'-Sii; Hemp and
Hay, [a] farthing a piece for ev.[ery] Estate; Surp.[lice] fees,
15»; vol. [imtary] Contrib. [utions,] 15".

15' p.[cr] an.[num, the] Int.[erest] of 15' given by Leo.[nard]
Towers to "two eminent Divines," for preaching two Sermons in
this Chap, [el] annually.

The Chappell and yard [were] consecrated for a burying-place
for y" luhab. [itants] of Brongliton, Seathwaite, Dunnerdale, and
Woodland, by a Commission from Joh.[n,] Bp. of Chester, to
Hen. [ry,] Bishop of Man, an. [no] 1547; the Inhab. [itants] of all
w*'' places, in [the] Dioc. [ese] of Chester, are allowed to repair to
Broughton Chap,[cl] for hearing Divine Service and receiving y"
Sacraments. Extract out o/[(Ae] Ori.[ginalJ in [W*e] custody of
y Curate, by [the] Curate, c».[no] 1724.

I Dedicated lo St. Mai? Usgdalene ; Eul; Trinity, (Dr. WMtaker.) Value in
1B31, £108. Itcgielora begiD in 1G34.

BrougbtoD iu FumeBB gnro namo to D rnrailj in Soion timos which romainwl hcra
through tho storm; period of the Korman Conquest, the struggle of the Barons, and
the eontests of the Houses of York and Lsncuter, aotil Lambert Simnel hmded at
the File of Foulilroj in the year IIST. to prosecute his claim to the Crown of England.
The DuL'heSB of Burgundy prevailed upon Sir Thomas BroughtoD to join the invn-
den; and the laoding at FurncsB was probnblj in eonsequence of the arrangement
between the Ouchcas and the Knight, Aiter tho defeat of the inrwlen at the Battle
of Stoke, Sir Thomas narrowly escaped with hia life; and dybg in secluatoD at
Witheralack in Westmoreland in 149&, without issue, the family became extinct. His
Estates were eonfiacated, and given by Henry VII. to Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby,
and to the beirs male of his body, a rercnion in fee still continuing in the Crown.
*""thlT CitU War so far impaired the fortuDes of the Kaowsloy family, that in 16E7
(KMWding to Dr. WliiUker,) Charles, the eighth Earl of Derby, tLeu distressed by
MquMrtntiona for his bther's loyalty, notwithstanding his own adhoiuoii to the Com-
BonwMlth, conreyed the Uanor of Brougbton, in lee, to Edward Legh Baq. by whom

528 ilomia CfBtritnBiH.

This Licence was Granted by way of Dispensation, by Tho.
[mas,] Ahp. of Cant, [er bury,] out of his Fac.[ulty] Office, and
Confirmed by y" King, and was antecedent to [the] Bp. of Chea-
ter's Commission for Consecrating y" Chappell. V.[ide] Inatru-
menta in New Reg.

This Chappetry is subject to [the] B.[i8hop] of Chester.

[The] right of Nomination to Broughton [is vested] in Mr.
Sawrcy, [the] Lord of y» Manour, [but] formerly in [the] E.[arl]
of Derby, from H.[enry] 7''''' time to an.[no] 1653, W he sold
y Manour to Mr. Lee, of whom Coll.[onel] Sawrey bought it-
'V.[ide] Curates Account, an.\no\ 1734.

Broughton, Dunncrdale, and Seathwaite, [are the] only Ham-
lets or "V'illages in y* Parish, The two first resort to this Chappell,
the other to Seathwaite.

There are 3 Chap. [el] wardens for y* 2 first Divisions; two for
Broughton, chosen, one for [the] North [and] one for [the] South
part, accord, [ing] to [the] Canon ; one for Dunncrdale, elected by
y Sidesmen accord, [ing] to ancient custom, diiiding y' TownsP
into 3 parts, viz. North, South, and Middle part.

10 m.[iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church, [and] contiguous to
Cumberland. [The] Congreg. [ation is] very numerous, tho

it wu sold to Bogcr Sawre; Esq. vho, in 16S8, aettl«) it ujkiii his onlj son Jeremish

Sawrey Esq. iu marringe with Sussnnah, diiughlwr of Gilpin of Si^alpby C»tle,

■nd dipd in 1706. The only iiitiie of this morriiige waa Kichnrd OiJpin Ssirrajr £a<].
who d;in^ 9.[>. allcr the jcor 1753, derisnl the Hme to hia cousin, John Gilpin Esq.
who BsBiuned the Bomamo of Sawrey, and on the ileath of hie boo, John C. G. Sawrey
Esq. at Lisbon m 1799, thi- Estate pasnod to his nephow, the jirescnt owner, John
Sawrey Esq.

The Parochial Chapel is of an antiquity, the eTidencc of which some iniproTera in
lolCT times, have been at much pains to destroy, while they havB only succeeded in
proiing the indissoluble flrmnesa of ancient masonry. For they hiiTe, with great
pains and pFrsorprance, reduced the anejent Narmnn eylindrical columns to the slm-
der octogan shafts of lleniy tho Eighth's linw?, — which, noverthelcsB, by their won-
derful tenacity, sustain themaelres and the ineumbenl arelie« above. This process is
anfficiontly pro*ed by short portions of Iho old shafts remaining abore the baam.
The Tower is short and turreted. The East 'Window is perpendicular.

Although a Perprtiial Cnrafy only, the Tncumbent is entitled to ihe small Tithes,
which, ill 1650, were rained at £1(1 vet annum, and which Ihi- t'onnlv Committee

Scatters of JFuiitras atiO Caxtaul 529

[there are] many Dissentera w^in it. The Curate preaches every
Sunday.

Broughton Tower.^ Sail.

g^E^ ere are S private Schools, and 45* endowment, [the] Int. ^ctiaoU.
^^ [ercst] of w^ is equally divided between the two Masters.
This sum was Given by Leo.[nard] Towers of Holbeckj for teach-
ing 10 poor boys of this Parish,

Towers' Will, dat.[ed] 1657, said to be of Mile End, Stepney
Parish.

[The] Int.[ere8t] of 231 given by Joh.[n] Middleton, [in 1691,
is] applyed to y* same use.

[The] Masters [are] nom.[inated] by [the] Min.[iflter,] Trus-
tees, and Sidesmen.

Bftica by Will.[i&m] Dawson and Will.[iam] Towers, equally, Citaititi.
7\ [the] Int.[ere8t to be p^d] to y*" poorest of y« Inhab.

ptants.]

L

Mj3Eai!r»aaa«a-iE.' [A] Chap.[el] f™
P^S subordinate to Broughton, Certif.[icd] i*™

an.[no] 1717, 3i-12'-6J, (and since, 3'l&'.9'i,) paid to the Reader

by [the] Inhab. [itants] out of their Estates.

Mr. Penny, [the] L^ of y" Manonr, names y* Curate and allows

increased b; aUoviDg £40 a year to Mr. Thomu Rif^bj M.i. the OlBriatbg Minuter,
out of tbe ■Hjoctlered rents of the Earl of Dorbj. — Pari. lnq. Lantb. Liir.

The Patron ie John Sawrej Eiq.

' Broughton Toner wb» the ancient aont of tho Broughton funil;. The onginsl
Tower ramaina entire, but, as a modem addition has been mado to it on three sides,
the iront onlj appears. It commnniis a Rne view o( the Daddon, and the Cumber-
land mountains beyond it. It is the seat of Joba Sawrey Esq.

■ Patron Saint unknown. Tolne in 1834, £60. Eegisters begin in 1634.

Dunnerdale and Seatbwaito — the former namo conjectured by Dr. Wbitaker to b«
deriTed from the place being peculiarly exposed to thunder-storms, and the Utter
fron being the neueet euait tA the Ha, ooiutitntfl one Township and Uanor. Tba
VOL. II.] 8 V

530 ^otitia ^mttunaifi.

him 2' p.[er] aii,[nuin,] paid out of y" Rents of y" Manour, to v'^
he is obliged. This charge upon y" Manour being (as is supposed)
settled by y* E.[arl] Derby, by whom (as Tradition sayes) y"
Chappell was built W lie was Lord of y" Manour of Dunnerdale
cu Seathwaite. Curate of Broughton' s Ace* an-liio] 1724.

[The] Chap. [el is] subordinate to Broughton.

Left by Rich, [ard] Walker 23' to pioua uses, w* w'*' y* Inhab.
[itants] built a dwelling-house for y« Curate.

This Chappelry sometimes owns \thc\ B.[i8hop] of Cheater's
J oris diet, [ion] by proving Wills, &c. in the Court of Richm.
[ond,] but [the] Vic.[ar] of Kirby Irclith alwayes insisted upon
it as w^'in his Peculiar, and commonly proves Wills, and Grants
Licences there; but y" Inhab. [itants] being Poor, the Jurisd.
[ictiou] is not thought worth disputing. V. [ide] Bbocgbton,

This Chappelry about an. [no] 1675, {as 'tis reported by old
men,) first threw off y" Jurisdict. [ion] of Richmond, w" G,

Manor at a rerj ear!; period belonged to tba Kirkb^a of Brougbton Toirerj and
psMed from the Stanlcjo to Kobcrt Heiikelh before the jrar 1696, and appears ahortlj
■fterwarda to hare beou purchased by Mr. Fennj. In 1774 the Manor waa hold by
William Pennj Eaq. whoso Trusteca oouteyed it, by Bale, lo Hichard Towers of Dud-
don OfoTe Esq. whoso devisees, tbo Miller family, are the present Manerial ownora ;
and by whom a Conrt Baron is held. Tbcy also aiJpoint the Curate.

In 1650 "Seathett Chapell" ia returned as baing eight miles ijrom the Fariih
Church, aud without any maintenance for a It4<ader but what the people pleased to
cootributo. The Inhabitauta humbly prayed that a competent maintenanco might be
allowed by the State, and a godly Minialer provided. — Farl. lug. Lami, Libr,

The Chapel la a rcmarliably bumble fabric of one story, with a small campanile,
but it has become memorable for the longerily of two of its Incumbents — one of
them, the Hot. Bobcrt Walter, a qiuet but Hrro and Tigilant Churchmau, bora in thia
loUey, and who officiated Lore as Curate and Schoolmaster for sixty-nine years, and
whose intereituig Life by Wordsworth, with additions, equally interesting, by the
B«T. Canon Parkinson B.B. arc well known ; and the other, hia no leas remarkable
coadjutor and suoocmot, the Her. M. Tyson, who has been engaged here for forty-
eight years as Minister and Schootmastcr, and who, in the culm eToning of a well-
spent liffe, still enjoys the confldence and respect of the Parishioner* of his native
valley ^ — that lovely Tolley so graphically depicted ond deservedly immorlaliicd by
Wordsworth in his Notes to the Duddo* S<mtiiit». It may be namod here that Mr.
Walker's biographera hare omitted to record (hat this "wonderful" man directed his
Executors to pay £10, then in his hands, being the bequests of Thomas Tyson and

tJrancr^ of jFUrnrsa anO Gattmel. 581

Wainhouse, Curate of Bronghton, was made Vicar of Kirby.'
Cur"' Ac(f 1734.

10 m.[ile9] Irom [tlie] Par.[i8h] Church, in a mountainouB Caintitf. 1.
country. [The] Chappelry [is] very extensive.

[The] Curate reads Prayers and a Homily every Sunday. [The]
Curate of Broughton adminis' [the] Saer. [ament] thrice a year here.

One Chap, [el] warden, elected after y" custom of Dminerdale.

^^^ urate teaches School, hut no endowment. j^ttjaol.

V fft by John Middleton [by Will dated 8th June 1685,] Cijariljj.
( ri-lO-OO^, but [it i8] lost.

fllfB ®©'3*'^^'3'' Certif.[ied] about 7' fht
g£i!g p.[cr] an.[num,] v.[ide] BaouoHTON;
an.[no] 1547, no Chappell here, but [the] Inhab. [itauts] repaired
to Broughton Chappell.

It is situated in a mountainous country, about 2 or 3 m.[ilesj
from [the] Par,[ish] Church, 3 ra.[iles] from Broughton, and 5
m [iles] from Ulverston.

George Qibaoo, of £S each, to the a»e oC the Chapel of Sealh-wBite, for bajing hooVa,
together with £1 due for ioterest ; uid also to advoDoe so much more ai would make
the whole £30, and pay the same to Trustees, of which the Curate of Sealhwaitu
ahouM always be one, to apply the intenwt for ever in purchasing pioos books for
the use of the Chapel of Seatbwaite, and especially for distribution amongst tho Foor.
' The Bei. Robert Thompson was instituted to Mie Ticarege of Kirkby Ireleth in
the year 1670, on the death of Mr. John Parker, who had been presented in 1671, hut
O. Wainhouse docs cot occur in Torre's Catalogue of the Incumbenta of the Fariah.

> Fatron Saiot unknown. Value in 1S34, £68. Registers at the Mother Chureh.

This place is amcmbcr of the Parish of Kirkby Ireleth, and the "roountainoui
country" partaking tcij sparingly either of grandeur or beauty, is, with the eiception
of some low anil fertile bottoms, a bleak and unsightly district, much resembling
some of the higher tracts of Cumberland, a^joinbg to the lakes, but shut out from
all their bcaulies.

The Chapel was built before the year 1677. In 16S0 it was staled to be four milei

L

^titta CcBtmnsia.

I ZNXINeardX,' KV p.[er] aa.[num,] as y Small
U Tytha and other Dues were let for 3 years together;

\ bat y Parishioners have lately Agreed, (viz. an. [no]

S£.^S^' fi B SB W 1717,) to give y« Min.[i8ter] W p.[er] an.[num] more,
^i^'nl^^ta °^'iS"'g y^selvea by a. Deed, to Assesse their Estates proportion-
gJ^J^™^'- ably for raising that summe; but this has not been well paid.
t^'^'.^'m r^b^] Parish choose their Minister. V.[ide] Ablecdes,'
p^jj^.^.-^oo Gamel de Penington gave this Church to the Priory of Coning*-
heved. MS. Eb.lor.] D.[ugdalc's] Mon.[ailicon,] t.[o1.] 2, p.
424.

An.[no] 1582, Q.[ueen] Elizabeth presented to y" Vicaridge of

from the Psruh Churob, nod without any enrlowmcat. A Reader wis paid by the
precarious bountj of the Inhabitant*, who desireJ that a snitsblo Uitiister might be
appointed, with a maintenance. — Fart. Inq. Lami. Libr. In 168i) the Chapel wa*
rebuilt ; and enlarged in 1822.
Tbe LandDwnera of Woodl&nd Domiaate the Incumbent.

■ Dedicated to St. Michael. Taluc in 1834, £111. Bcgiaten begin in 1623.

Thii is the Pcnnigctnn of Domeidag, with two earucatta in the 9iion Manor of
HoTgm, beld bj Oanuil de Pennington, both before anil ailer the Conijunt, (Eimber'*
Sarorelaffe, toL ii. p. 402,) tbongh not named in the Stu-re;. From turn deMeudcd
■loactlinc do Peimington, Abbot of Forocasi and aUo Sir John de PeDnington, the
friend of Heni7 VI. to whom he afforded a tecret >«;Inm at Muncuter, when puraued
bj hii cnemitw. In return, the King preaented Sir John with a ouriaiul; wrought glaM
cup, and a blesiing to the familj no long ae they ehoulil preaerre it onbroken, whioh
the Bpiril of the times imagined to entail good fartone, and calli>d it the "Luck of
Uancailer." The fiimilj itill retain the glass.— See Eobj's Tradiliont of Laaeathirt.

The grandion of Sir John Pennington diatinguished bimaelf at the Battle of Flod-
den, and was ancestor of Sir Wtlliaim Pennington, crated a Baronet on the 21>t of
June 1676, ftnd of the fifth Saranet, who was created a Peer of Ireland on the Elit
of October 1783, b; Ihe title of Baron Munculer of Muncaatcr, being the ancestor
of the present and third Lord Moncaster, the MsneriAl owner of Peooington, which
is one of the gmalkit Manors in the county.

The Church was bcvtowod b; Oamel de Pennington on the Priory of Conishead,
shortly after the Conqueet ; but about the year 1200 a controrcrsy arose between tbe
Prior and the Abbot of Fumees, the latter claiming the Churches of Poniiington and
VlTerston. Tbe decision was favourable to tbe Content of Fumesa, which claimed
Pennington as a Chape), which it prob*blj had originfdl; beem wider Unwick ; and in

IDrancrs of JFUrtuea mV Carttnel. 533

Penington in right of her Dutchy of Lane. [aster.] Inst.[itvtion]
B.[ook,} 3, p. 8.

An.[no] 1623, [the] Chanc.[eUor] of [the] Dutchy presented.
lb. p. 73. p. 100, B.[iskop] Br.[idffeman.] Subs.[cription] B.
[poi,] p. 22.

2 Churchw. [ardens ;] one chosen by [the] Mm.[iBter, and] the
other by [the] Sidesmen.

There ia no Clark w"" any Sal.[ary.]

Towns, [hip] 1, Penington. CotoM.

This aC, (above named as the Minister's Salary,) is now paid
duly, an.[no] 1724, and 6"-8^ P-[er] an.[num] out of [the] Mill;
15', given by sev.[eral] pcrBons, [the] Int.[crcat of which to be
paid] to [the] Min.[ister.]

No Poor cesa in y* Parish for 20 y[ear3] past. Certif.[ied]
1724.

Penington Castle, a niin.* RhTI,

1230 tho Archdi>acon of Bicbroond conflnncd to this House nine m&rka por anauni, to
be paid by the Csnona of Coaiiliend, who wero to remain in peacmblo and perpetual
poiieaiion of the Cburehes of Punnington and Ulverston. The Chnreh of "Penig-
U>d" wae valued at £6. 6a. 8d. in 1291. At tho Diasolution, the AdvoHaon fell to
the Crown and being annexed to the pOMeaaiona of the Duchy of Laucaater, the
Patronege ba« been always eiorciaed bj the Crown in right of the Duchj. The
Pariah haa a tradition that this right wai aneiently posavsacd by the lohabitaata, aa
•tated by Bithop Qaitrell ; but it is ooe thing to poaaeaa a priTilcgo, and uDotber to
exercise it. The Uui<hy bad prubably appointed tho nominee of the Pariah, aiod
hence acoee tbo aasumod right to tho FatroDBgi-; although in confirmation of the
tradition, it might be stated that in 16M the Fatlianientary Inqniaitore returned that
" Pennington ia a Viiairage pruaentatita by the Pariahionere, who have purehnaed the
Bectory in Fee Farm." The Incumbent received £12 pvr anDum, and uo other
nuuutenaiiee but what be had from the boDCTotonco of tbc people. Mr. John Croolta
Woa tbcn tho Vioari and the Inhubitanta hnmbty desired that a competent maint«n-
u« might be allowed and settled upon their wid Church. — PoW. /■;. Lamb. Lihr.

The Church waa rebuilt in 1826, and Oeorgo IV. oontributed £&0 lo the building
fund.

' ArUctien ia a Curacy, in the Deanery of Copeland in the county of Wustmoretand,
of which tbo Bishop of Cheater is the Appiopriator ; and in 1711 a Curate wa«
Licenaed to Arlocdcn and Fenaington. — GastreJl's MS. Xotilia, p. 270, in the Btgk-
Ity, CAetlrr.

' The Cuatie of Foiiiigton, the residence of the euly Lorda, is still pomtad out OB

534 jlotitia (■TfBtrirnsts.

, nSi (Otn to [the] Church and Poor 64\ by j" Wills of scv.[eral]
Sm persons. [The] Money [is] lent out upon Land, of w*"" 1 5'
[is paid] to [the] Min. [ister,]

Dbla,"M.* (.

a.FE»*2r0X.' Certif. [ied] 28' ■ 18* ■OO', viz. Vic. [ar-
age] house and Grounds iu Ulverstou, 9^ ; House and
Lands in Plumpton, 7' -5'; out of w*'' are paid assess-
ments, Tyth Rent, and other Small Dues paid by [the]
' Impropriator, 11'; [the] Int.[erest] of 13' given by BeT.[eral]
4 persons, 13"; Sm'p.[lice] Fees from a few persons, (the rest being

rec^ by [the] Impr. [opriator,) 1'.
1 Jam.[es] Fell reputed Patron.

' This Church, with its Chappells, [was] given to [the] Priory
of Coningah. [eved,] by [the] Founder, V.[ide] Jfon. [aa/ictwi,]
sup.[ra.]

the verge of a precipitouB hill, but It appears to have bean o( smaU dimeniions. It
was Bbsndonod for MiinoMter about the lime of Henrj' III.

■ Dedicated to St. Mary. TbIug in IS34i, £149. Begistcra begin in 1545.

lu tbu Domadai/ Siirnfg, Vluieston occura ae a Manor in the poseesaion of TnnUt
and Ulf, the BOn of Tunilf, witDenecd tbe foundation Charter of St. Maiy'e Frioiy at
Lancaater. In the early part of tho twelfth cmtury the Manor was held by Stpphen,
Earl of Boulogne, anerwards King of Englaud, and wbb giren by him to the Ab-
be>- of FumesB in the year 1127. Id the 7th Bichard I. tbe Abbot granted the
Manor to Gilbert Fiti Belnfred and Holewise hi« wife, heiress of the Lancoatcre,
Baroni of KendaL Hia descendant, Roger de Laocaater, obtained in the 8th Edward
I. a Charter for a Market at Uticrston every veck on Thursday, and an annual Fair
on the eve, the day, and the morrow of the B. Virgin's Nativity. In 1391 the Church
of *' Wolveston" was valued at £12. Id the 20th Edward I. a moiety of the Manor
had passed to the Harringtooa. The Loncastor moiety reverted to the Abbey on the
death of their repreaentatlve, tbe celebrated Sir John de Coupland, and in the Slat
Henry YIII. naa surrendorod to the King. Tbo other moiety of UlventoD, which
had doBCsnded haia John de Harrington, in tbe 6th Henry T. to his heirs, came to
Henry, Duke of 9aflblk, father of Lady Jane Grey, and waa forloited by bia attainder
in 1653. The whole Manor remained in the Crown until the year 1609, irhea a
moiety of it was sold, and in three yeara aHerwarda the other moielj was also olie-
n»l«i After a variety of mesne deseents, it waa couveyi>d iu 1736, for £400, to the

of

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laeanerv of JFuntraB anD (fCartmel. 585

Prom H.[cnry] 8''"'" time to an. [no] 1684, the whole profits of
this Church did not exceed 8' p.[er] an. [mim,] since w''' time by
Bev.[eral] gifts, the revenue is encreascd to 28' p. [er] an, [num.]
The Church-yard, val. [ue] 2' p. [er] an. [num.] was purchased of
y* Improp. [riator.] Another purchase was made of 4' p. [er] an.
[num;] another of 8' p.[cr] aD.[num; and] another of 3' p.[er]
an. [num.] 200' of y* money w"" W*" these purchases were made
was given by Mr. John Ambrose^ of Lowick, [and] the rest by
[the] contrib. [ntions] of [the] Parishioners; 3' p. [er] an, [num]
out of Small Tyths in Osmotherley, given by [the] Farm.[er8]
of Coniahead; [and the] Int,[erest] of Iff given by Will.[iam]

Duko of Montagu, and tho Manerial privileges ore now poesosacd bj the Ducal Houw
of Buecleucb.

The Church, eituated ut the foot of a hill, a short distance from tho toim, wbb
■ppropritttoU to the Priory of Coniahead bj WUliam do Lancaster, its founder,
Ulieraton waa originally part of tho Pnriah of Dalton, ns wna aIbo Urawiok, from
whieh UlicrsCon was separated. Thii led to the elnim of the Abbot of Fumees
meutioned in the Note under Pennington. The Tithes of Ulverston had been coa-
firmed bj the Arelidoaeon of Richmond, and others, to the Canons of Conisbead, in
1208 i and in 1230 they obtained the Advowsoii, and would never permit an appro-
priation, or BulTer a Ticarage to be ordained, although the Parish is stjled a Yiesrago
bj Bishop Ghiatrell, and "a Perpetual Curate" bj Dr. Whitaker. In 1650 the Par-
liamentary Inquisitors stntod tbnt there was neither Paraonago nor Yiearage, the
vholo being Impropriated to Mr. Fleming of Ryciall, and to Mr. Ambrose of Lowick.
Tho issues to tho Minister were said to bo worth nothing except £8 per annum paid
by the Impropriators, who also allowed him Dum from the " Weddings, Burials,
Christening!!, and Churching?, and tho herbage of the Chureh-yard, in lien of 40a,
per annum." His whole Salary being £10 a year, they prayed for a settled Minis-
ter and au Endowment for their Parish Chureh, ^ Par'. Tag. The Arch of the
principal Doorwaj' on the South side, appears to be a mlio of the Norman Cborch,
and probably the Tower is nearly as ancient ; but tho whole Church was renorated
about the time of Henry VIII. and again in the year IBDl. Tho Chantry at tbe
East end of tho South Aisl«s was dissolved in 1548, and is now filled with handsome
roonuments, and the Windows with armorial bearings, of the families of Dodding and
Braddyll of Cunishead, who have long been the Patrons of tbo Church. In 1736 Dr.
William 8traCford, Oastrell's Secrotaiy, gate £200 as an augmentation to Llverston ;
and in 1741 the TruBtees of Dr. William Stratford, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford,
farther augmented tho Living. A new Church was built hero in 1839.

r. John Ambrose S.T.B. was Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, Boctor
), and Lord of the Manor of Lowiek. He died on the 18lh of Angnat

536 iSlotitu CrstrimfitB.

Penny. The whole profits, [amount to] 28i-10>.00i p,[er] an.
[num.] [For] Taxes and Repairs deduct 25' p.[er] an. [num.]
Cer/i/.[tcd] on. [no] 1724 by [the] Vic.[aT} and [the\ Ckurchw.
[gardens.']

Au.[no] 1696, Jo.[seph] Wood, [the] Improp. [riator,] recom-
mended 3 persons to the Bp. y' he might take one of y" {as Vicar.)
V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

The prcs' Incumbent, Atkinson, is the first who has been Insti-
tuted to this Church, (an.[no] 1716,) as farre as I can find by
[the] Ittalit .\uHon'\ Books.

TIiB Vicar administers -f Sacrament in y" Chappells on several
HoUdayea in y* year.

The Parish [is] divided into the TownsP of Ulverston, w"" a
Homlett helong. [ing] to it, and 4 Quarters, viz. Osmotherley,
Egton, Newland, and Mansrigge ; besides the 4 Chappelryes there
is a place called Plumptou in Newland Quarter.

There are 7 Churchw. [ardens] and 4 Chap. [el] wardens; 2 for
[the] town of Ulverston, 1 for y" Hamlet, one for each Quarter,
[and] one for each Chap.[elry.] They are chosen by Joint con-
sent of [the] Min.[ister] and [the] luliabitants.

Pcnny-hridge,^ Swartmoor Hall,* and Plumpton Hall.^

■ ^Si^ ^^ '^ ^ School erected by [the] Inhab. [itants,] and for [the]
g!^^ maintenance of a Master a certain parccll of Commou, on y"
East side of y" Town was enclosed, worth S'-IO p.[er] an.[num,]

1681, Bgcd sovmly-ciglit, haTing giTen £400 to his College, and begueotbcd £200 to
the Church of Ulvcraton, £100 to its Toor, £200 to the Chapel of Lo-wick, £40 to
the Poor of the mme plmce, and £40 to the Public School at Oriwincre. Ho wm
buried at UlrHnton, irherc his moauincnt stilt remninB. He was the fifth hod of
Jobn Ambrose Esq. and of his wife Dorotbj, daughter of William Fleming of Rj-dall
Esq. and brother of Daniel Ambrose D-D. Rector of Methley in the county of Tork,
who nmrried Marj, daughter of Edmund Asheton of Mcthlc; Esq. son of the Her.
Edward Aahcton M.A. Rector of Middleton in the conntj of Loncaetcr, who waa
the son of Arthur Asheton of Clegg Hall in Ihe Parish of Rochdale. Iiioc Ambrose,
Ticar of Qaritang, the well known writer, was of tho enmc family. — Lartc. MSS. vol.

' At Bgton-mm-N'ewUnd ii Penny-bridgp, the seat of (he Penny family from the

Srancrs of JftinteiiH anO Carttnel. 5S7

and another parcel on y* M'est aide, being [worth] 6''8<' p.[er]
an. [num.]

Given to y* same Use by Mr. Geo. [Thomas] Fell, 30» p. [er]
an.[nnm,] out of an Estate at Swarthmoor, towards maintaining
six Poor Children at School ; wages to [the] Master for every
other Child, I'-Gi" p.[er] U.[uarter.] The Curates of y" sev.[eral]
Chappclls {who teach School) have only twelve pence p.[er]
Quarter.

HOini [in 1718,] by Mr. Rog.[er] Sawrey, Chamberlain of y« «iarUi[-
City of York, 50', [the] Int.[erest] to buy Bibles for poor
Children who can read. [The] Money is well secured on Land.
Thomas Fell gave 30s. a year for Clothing a poor boy on going
out apprentice, charged on Swarthmoor Estate.

time of Queen EHzabeth. A moietf of thu Eatato waa convejed bj Isabella, (Unghter
tiad coheircfia of Jamca Peony, in marriage^ to John, son and hoir of Jamca MhcIiqI]
of HolloB- Oak Esq. who purchasoci the other moielj of Maij, the elder coheiress,
who Durricid Richard Townley of Bclfleld Hull (near Rochdale) Esq. in London, on
May 9th 1764.

' Swartmoor Hull in the Bevtniteonlh century wns the residence of the family of
Fill, of which was TLomas Fell Esq. M.P. a BarriaCer of Oray's Inn, Vice-Choncdlor
of the Duuhy of Lancaster, aod one of the Judgea who vent the Circuit of West
Oheiter and North Wales. He married Margaret, daug!it«r of John Aekew Esq. and
both were greatly esteemed as persons of exemplary piety, and their biogmpher adds,
"of wisdom, modcnitiOD, and good understanding." In the year 1658 the fanuly
became acquainted with Qeorge Foi, a joumeyman shoemalier, and the Judge and
his wife cmbraciog the riaws of the Quakers, ostsbli&hed a weekly meeting in Swart-
moor Hall. In 1669 Qeorge succeeded to the wife and mansion of Judge Fell, and
died in 1691. Uis widow died at Swartmoor, on the 23d of February 1702. The
house in now much dilapidated, and occcupiod by a former, but the study of Fox is
ftill shewn, and some of the rooms arc spacious and handsome.

' Plumpton Hall was one of the forfeitnres of lienry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, in
1S&3--4, and became the property of John Sawrey Oent. in 1G57, in whoso (iunjly and
name it remained until the year 17 , when it was conreyed by Anne, dtogbter and
beinm of William Sawrey Esq. to her husband Bacon Morritt of York Eiq. and
baring been held by the late accompUihed and learned owner, J. B. Sawrey Morritt
of Bokebj Esq. i« now the property of his kinsman.

I

538 glotitia errstricnnts.

4BarMnI« ^g IS IM I »!:»,' Certif.[ied] *, paid

ffiDttiUfjip. ^^ by [the] Inhab. [itants,] some of V^

Fam. libi! « being Poor, y" Curate usually loses 8' p.[er] an.[num,] besides w'
is Lost by a Division of y* Lands.

The Inhab. [itants] pretend to a Right of electing y* Curate.
The Chap. [el] is w'^'in y* Township of Ulverston, but [is] 5 m.
[Ues] from [the] par.[ish] Churcli,
Served by an industrious and Learned Curate. 1717.
[There is a] place called Stanley- Honey w'^'in^this Chappelry.
[A] fifth part of this Village belongs to Torver; [another] fifth
part [is] called Subberthwaite.

One Warden, chosen by [the] Curate and pres' warden.

jt(I)OCil. W^ a endowed School, only [the] Curate teaches in }■• Chap.

' Patron Saiut uniinowii. Value in 1834, £59. Rcgietera begin in 1728.

BUvrith cooeists of portions of tbe Honors of UlTcrstaD, Egton with NenUnd,
TorvOT, and Conislioad, constituting a TomiBbip. The aterile tract called Saberth-
wsito ia included in the Chapclr; of Lon'ick.

The Chapel was founded before the year 1577, In 1650 it was said to bo seven
miloa &om Ihc Parish Church, and irithouC an}' settled endowment. The Inliabitanta
alloired "of themselves" £5 per MinaiD to John Gibson their Reader, and detired to
bo made Parochial, and to hare an cndonment for a Ministor.

On the 3d of October 1715. the Warden and Inhabitants of Blawith presented
their Petition to Bishop Oastrell, then at Oiford, stating that the number of all the
Inhabitants mthin their Chapelrj was fortj-tbree, and that thirlj-thnw of that num-
ber, some others sitting neuter, had elected "a young man whose name is William
Richardion for our Header and Beboolnuuter, and we arc ircU contented irith bim ;"
that EevertholeBs a few of the Inhabitants had elected Thomas Fell, who on that title
had been ordained Deacon at the Bishop of Carlisle's last Ordination, "in the absence
of Bishop Oaslrell," as Fell reported; and tbe Petitioners eamestl; desired that his
Lordship would not grant him a Licence. Sichardson, bowcTer, was not of Canoo-
ical age, baring oolj entered into his twentj-third jear, but his Reading in the Cha-
pel being approred, and his teaching the Children satisfactory to their Parents, they
prayed that ho might haro a Lioencc to teach School untQ the Chester Ordination ;
but if the Bishop diaapprored of " the Curacy being supphed without a man in Dea-
con's Ordfru, fur so short a time, we will rather Ilirc one to supply our Curocy who
is in Orders, till such time as be (Richardson) attain thereto, rather than the other

I

IBranerg of jpumrafs anD eaxtrntt 539

I eft to [the] Poor by [the] Rev. Mr. John Ambrose of jtjjnritjj,
1 Lowiek Hall, 15', [the] Int.[ere5t to be] given yearly.

^g©XIS2r®N,' Certif.[ied] S'lD-lO*, «t|)ap.*at.
<@3 viz. Sal.[ary] paid by [the] Inhab.
[itants,] li-19'-l(>i; ancient Stock, 35', [the] Iiit.[erest] of w*''
[is] 1' . 15'; [the] Int.[erest] of 5' given by Mr. Ilog.[er]
Fleming of Coniston Hall, 5'.

This Chap, [el] was Consecrated and made Parochiall an. [no]
1586.

Certif.[ied] au.[uo] 1705, i'-S'-lO^. Pap. Reg.

59' belong, [ing] to y* Chap, [el is] in y* hands of C Sidesmen,
[at] Present, an.[no] 1717. Cerlif.[ied] on.[no] 1726 by Ithe]
Curate.

10 m. [ilea] from [the] Par. [ish] Church; and some of y" Inhab.
[itants are] 14 m.[iles from it.]

Served by a Carefnll and diligent Minister, 1717.

Coniston Chappelry is only a small part of a TownsP. ffotstut.

should come uoong lu, sod fruetrste us of our choice," The Sulniy was then £4 a
yew. — Ghutrell'a lUSS. SegUtrg, Cheitfr.
Mr. Brikldjll is the Patron and Impropriator.

■ Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £100. RcgiiCcra begin iu
Tho Township of Church Coniston, or Coniston Fleming, is tho moBt Northern
difiaion of tho Countj. Tho Manor of Coniston paased by Ibe nmrriage of Eliiabetb,
daagbter and heiceas of Adam de Unwick, in the reign of Henry in. to Richard le
Floming, and Caoiiton HaU became the ioDiily seat for several generations. About
tbc lOtli Eeory IV. Thomaa le Fleming married Isabel, one of the four daughtora
and ooheireasea of Sir John de Lancaater, by \Tbom be acquired the Maoor of Rydal
in Westmoreland, and for sereral generationa more Rydal and Coniston lird with
eikch other to fii the family in Westmoreland or Laiicaahire. Sir Daniel Fleming
gara preference to the former, and died at Rydal Hall, on the IGth of Much 1701 1
hia son and sueeegsor, Sir WiUiam Fleming, vaa created a Baronet on the 4th of
Ortobor 1704, and was the anecator of tho proaent Rer. 9ir Richard Fleming Bart.

The Chapel appears to bare been erected through tho piety of Wilharo Fleming
Esq. and was consecrateil by Biahop Chaderton tn the year 1556. In 1650 the Paro-
chial Cbapel of Coniaton waa returned ■■ being Ihirteen and a half milea from the

Oue Wardeiij choE

Conistou,^

in by [the] Curate and Six Sidesmen.

^^& endowed School, only [the] Curate teaches in y* Chap.

■ 1^1^ oors' Money 48', in y* hands of y* Sidesnlen : 5' gi^en by
%]M ilr. Rog.[er] Fleming, [in 1699, the] Int.[ereat] for buy-
ing Sermon books, " set forth by Orthodox Divines according to
[the] Litorgy of [the] Ch.[urch] of England," to read the same
in the Chapel, for y" use of y= Chap. [lain] or Curate; and [the]
Int.[erest] of IQi [given by his Will dated 17th Fehr. 1703,] to
be divided at Easter among y" Poor Communicants w'^m this
Chappelry.

The Money [is] well secured ; Dr. Fleming, Trustee.

^^®anfieClt,i Certif.[ied] under lO'

!^^ p.[er] an.[num,] viz. 4' odd money,

paid by [the] Inbab. [itants] out of their Estates; and 5', [the]

Int. [crest] of 100' given by Mr. Ambrose. No Surp.[lice] Fees.

Parish Cburph, hoTing no iiioint«ionco but whst Ihe Inhnbitants themselTM raised
" for tho Salarj of S' Riehnrd Eoulii, theira Reader." — Pari. Inq. Lamb. Libr.

Mr. Braildjll ia tbe Fatron.

' Goniaton Hall, u Ion antique mansion, with chimneji covored by ivy, on tho bor-
ders of the Lake, is supposed to have been rebuilt bf WiZliam Fleming Esq. nho
died in the year 1597, and whoso initials lately oiisted on the panelling of the oak.

' Patron Saint anknown. Value in 1834, £90. Registera begin in 171B.

William de Lanoastcr, tho first Baron of Eenda!, granled n portion of land on the
Soutb-East side of Kirkby Moor, near the River Crake, (o Robert do Towers, in the
time of Henry II. which Gilbert, do Towers conveyed to Wdliam, son of Robert de
Lofivie, afterwards called Robert do Towcn, in tho reign of King John. This Estate,
now called the Manor of Lowick, waa beld by tlio family of Lawick, whose ormi
appear to denote aUIsBce with tlie Barona of Kendal, unti! it came by marriage, bo-
fopo the reign of Henry VI. to the family of Ambroae, in which it continued by
doacciit until the year 1684, when, od failure of male issue, the Manor was sold to
John LatUB Oout. nephew of the last poasessor, and aoa of William Latns of White-

i

Stanttp of jFurnrsB anO ffsrtnul. 541

The Chappelry is but part of a TownsP, but contains two Con- ^giaat.
Btablcwicks, and more. The Inhab. [itants,] and especially those
called y' Twelve, and the Feoffees of yf' Chap, [el,] pretend a Right
to chuse the Curate. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

Above 3 ni.[ileB] from [the] Par. [ish] Church.

[There is a] place called Subberthwaite w"'in this Chappelry.

One "Warden for y" Chap, [el,] chosen by joint consent of [the]
Curate and Sidesmen.

The Rcvi Mr. Ambrose of Lowick Hall, ab' 40 y' agoe, left 200*
to y= Chap, [el,] one 100' after his decease, y* other after y" death
of one George Dodson,'' still living. Certif.\ied'] by [the] Curate
i.[no] 1725.

Lowick,^

»nTl.

Jj^tf ^t Curate teaches School. V.[ide] Licence to be Curate j^dioDl.
|g^ and [School] Master, an. [no] 1696. Si^.[criptioa\ Book.

No endowment,

hsTm Gent, and of bia irife Alive, oue of the five danghCen of Jotin Ambrose Eeq.
In the next generotiun the Estate posBed in raaniagc with £liinbctb, daughter and
heirraa of Ferdinnnd Latus Esq. to Mr. William Blencowe, who wa« sucoeuded by
his second Bon, Willism Ferdinaud Blenooire E.tq. and having pnased from his rcpre-
sentatiTe, James Evcrsrd Esq., a dow held b; the Misses Everard, who also appoint
Hid Curate.

The Chapel was founded before the year 1577, and in 1650 waa returned aa Stb and
a half miles from the PnrUh Churcb. There was no eeltled endowment. The Inha-
bitants Toluntarily allowed £S per aunum to " 8' John PenuingtoL, their Preoohing
Minister." The lahabitants prayed that these Chapels might be made Parish
Churehes, and ttmt Lowick and Blawith might be unitud anil mndo a distinct Parish i
"and thoy nill build a Chureh at their own eharges, in an indiiTercDt plaeo." ^ Por^
Itiq. Lamh. lAbr. The Cbapcl was rebuilt in 1817 ; and there is a Parsonage 'house.

' George Dodgson was the son of Mr. John DoJgBon of Thomlhwait*, by his wife
Esther, daughter of John Ambrose Esq. and sister of the Eev. John Ambrose. He
was grandson of George Dodgson of Thornthwoile Gent, who, before the year 1607,
married Elizabeth, daughter of James Ambrose of Iiowiolc Esq, and of his wife Mar-
garet, daughter of Henry Kicliby of Cross Hall Esq. — Lane. M8S. roL liL

* Lowick Hall, the Manor-bouse, stands in a retired and lovely situation, siu-
roimded by " old anooBtrol trees," and tome parts of the building are of great atiti-
qoity although the principal part was built about tlio year 1740, by Mr. Blencowe,
the maternal ancestor of the Hisses Sveiard, the present owners and occi^ian.

^otftfa Crcstrintstfi.

^ r. amtrosc, who left 200' to y« Chap, [el,] left also SO" to
I y" Poor of Lowick.

CJja^.iaat. ^ «®UVEll,i Certif.[ied] r'-l'-Oi, viz.

<^^B Sal.[ary] paid by [the] Inhab. [itants,]
5'-l'; [the] Int.[erest] of 40', 2'.

Sm. [iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Church.

45' given to [the] Curate, viz. 30' by W. Fleming; 5' by J.
Fleming; 5' by J. Atkinson; and 5' by the Gent.[lemeu] at
Ridall. Certif.[ied] an,[no] 1717.

^djaol. 9Qj|| endowed School, only [the] Curate teaches in y" Chap.

Master to a School^ Licensed an.[no] 1693. Subs-lcription]

' Patron Saint oaknown. Ta]ue in 1834, £59, Bepsten begin in 1661.

Tbo Iilsnor of Torm', so colled from tho Hirer Torrpr, tisTing passed through the
Harringtons, was forfeited bj the Duke of SulTolIf in the jeor tS&i, sod descended,
by purchase in 1736, with TTlTcrston, to tlie Duke of Montagu ; B Coort Baron being
DOW beld here b; the present MaDprinl owner, his Grace the Duke of Bucclench and
Qneenshurj K.Q,

On the 23d of Julj 1B38, Archbishop Cranmor granted a Licence from his Faculty
CHBce, which icas canGrmod hj tsrliaiDcnt, for the Consecration of the Chapi'l of
Torrer, in which the InhahitaDtB were then accustomed to hear Mass, and to partake
of the Sacraments and other Dirine Offices ; but having no Buiinl ground or right of
Sepulture annexed, and being liitcen English miles(!) from their Parish Church of
UlTerston, and owing to the OTerSowing of the waters, the bad roads, and tlie huge
mountains, tbc burial of the dead was almost impossible, which led the Archbishop to
grant his Licence to some Oatbolic Bishop, (with the consent of the Rector of Ulrer-
ston, and others,) to Consecrate the Cbapel and Cemetery. Dated at "tbo Manor
of Lambehith, in the 6th year of our Consecration." — Latte, MSS. toL xxii. A
somewhat similar DiBpensation was granted by Archbishop Cranmer to tho Inhabi'
tantaof Broughton, in or before the year ] &47.— See p. 628. The Chapel was said to
be eleven miles from the Forisli Church, and Fsroohisl, in 1G50, but that there wa«
no Salary except what tho Inhabitants raised tbcmselTCs foe "S' Roger Atkinson, their
Reader." Thej desired to be made a separate Parish. ~~ Pari. Inq. Lamb. Lihr. It
was enlarged in 16^.

Tho Patron U H. B. Q. Braddjll Esq.

9tamts of j^rncas axitt eartmcl. 543

I eft to the Poor, [before 1695 J 37', [tlie] Int.[erest to be] Cftnrit^.
I distributed yearly.

I «»^ON \am NXe»3,aX]Di.

I UiZIMfeit,' Certif.[cd] SO'-OD'-OOd, viz. Glebe, 4" -5'; tr.
Tytli Hay, Hemp, Live Wool and Lamb, w"' all other ^.
Small Tytlis, East.[cr] Dues, and Surp.[lice] Fees, Iff. ^'". o'.
[The] Vic.[arage] House and Out-houses [are] down p,^ '
to y" ground, [at] pre3.[ent,] 1717. ^^ -

Patr.[ons] ^ great numbers of [the] Inhab, [itants,] among
whom the Tythcs and Right of Patronage are divided by pur-
chase and descent.

This Church was given to [the] Ab.[bot] of Fumes, and an. [no]
1228, it was approp, [riated,] saving y* Vicaridge as it was before.
MS. Ed.[or.]

' Before the jear 1757, it had been usual, beyond the memoiy of omd, tor the
CotBte to tescb n GnunmBr and English Sobool at Torver Chapel, and of lata at the

Bohool-hoQsG.

1 Dedicated to the Bleuod Virgin Hary. Taloo in 1B34, £92. Begiitera at
UlTCntone.

Novland Chapel ie mentioned in the year 1G77, but doea not occur in the Great
Surrey of 1C50. The present Chapsl wu built and endowed by William Pcnoy E»q.
coniecrated in 1791, and enlarged in 1831.

The Patron i» J. Pennj Machell E»q.

'Dedieatod to St. Haryt St. Hiohsal, [Ectoa.] Value in 1S34, £86. Kegiiter*

Vrewick, the viU of Urse, though a pore Saxon name, doea not aacta in Donuidiij/,
having been probably inclodod in the originally eiteniire Manor of Aldingham. The
locsl binily ware diaseiwd of their poaBeasions, which wore at an early period Teit«d
in the Monaatery of Fumeu. Michael Ie Floming obtained Urswio and Bardwy
from the Convent in Mchange for other Land*. He gave to William, ion of Edward,

544 iiotitia ^tatritnaia.

Val.[ue] 14". Patr.[on, the] Ab.[bot] of Fumes. MS. L.

Aii.[iio] 1535, Patron, [the] Mon.[a8tery] of St. Mary de Fur-
nes. Insl.lilutioii] B.[ook,] 1, p. 31.

An. [no] 1 Mar.[y, the] tl,[ueen] presented, Jure et Katioue
Ducat, [fls] Lane, [astriffi.] lb. p. 42.

AaalaoQ.[ueeii]EUz.[abeth] an.[no] 1579. B.[ook,] 2, p. 1.
An, [no] 1585j Bp. Chaderton,

An.[no] 1620, Rob.[crt] Curwen, Chris. [topher] Gardiner,
Tho,[mas] Fell, and Tho.[ma8] Marshall, [Gents.] Pres.[ented]
as true and undoubted Patrons. lb. p. 71.

An, [no] 1681, [a] Viear [was] presented by Ant.[hony] Tur-
ner, [Vicar of Dalton,] Tho. [mas] Marshall, Joh.[n] CockeuskcU,
Chris. [topbcr] Gardiner, Tho.[mas] Fell [of Redman HaU,] and
"Will.pam] Postletliwaite, [Yeomen,] as true Patrons. J6. p. 154.

An. [no] 1714, [a] Vicar [was] present. [ed] upon [the] Pre-
sent, [ation] of 42 persons. There was another Presentat. [ion]
at y" same time, signed by about 23 persons, who Pretended also

half a canieate in Urswiok, in niHrriago, for 5s. per annum j and lie nfterward* gave
to Adnm, bod of Bemulf [de Urswick,] tva borat«s in L'rawick, Ailam liiid Oiltmt,
wboie aon, Adam da Urswicic, had a daughter Eliiabeth, nho sureecded to the
Manor on the death of her brothors, Adam and John do Urswick, and nbo married
in tha roign of Heiuj III. Sir Biobard le Fleming, and eoDvejod to him her large
Estates, which were held uader the Abbej by homjige, sen ice, and > pound aCwax to
make the Abbot's candles at Candlomaa. The Fleminga' portion of Urswick was
Mooh, Mickel or MiehaerB Urswiek, which fell to the Crown on the Dia.»olution of
the Abbey, and has deaoonded from the Doddings to tho present Mancrial owner,
Thomaa K. Q. Brnddyll Esq. who holds it in fee from tho Crown, of the Manor of
MQcblaod, or Michad'e land.

In the 27tb Edward I. tho Manor of Little Urswick, aa it ia styled, was heW by
Richard Lumbard, and othcra, for the Abbot of FumoBa. The family of Urswick
long retained lands id Urswick, and high ranli in tbv oounty, after their potrimouial
Manor bad pasaod to tho Le Flemings, and membora of it frequently occur amongst
tho Sherifia and Kntghts of Lancsshiro : but tho moat diatingnished of tho name waa
Chriatopher Urswick, LL.D. Chaplain to Margaret, Couateas of Richmond and
Derby, called by Bhakspeare, (Rich\ki> III. act v., s. 6,) "Sir Christopher." Lord
Bacon styles him, the faithful, unambitious, and disinterested Chaplain of Ucnry
Vll. whose Almoner he was ; and although sent on eleron embassies to foreign
princes on behalf of hia country, appears to have died only Rector of Haclnoy, on
the &4th of October ISZl .

flMwrs of^mfBB anD CartmtL 545

a Right of [the] Advowson, (as it appeared they had,) but they
yielded to y greater number, who had likewise mueh the greater
Share in the Tyths and Patronage appendant.

Left by Tho"[ma3] Fell to [the] Vicar [the] Int.[ereat] of aff,
to be let out by the 13 or Sidesmen of the Parish,

Every householder in y* Parish pays 2'* to the Viear, once every
8 years, aa a due for Cera Panis.^

No other TownsP but Urswiek, only a village called Stainton, CotDiib.l-
w'^ belongs to [the] TownsP of Leese in Aldingham Parish,

Tbe Church is nameil and eimpted from the eicbange of lucda between the Abbot
of Fumcsa and Michael le Fleming, about tbe year 1320, tbe Abbot, John, haTJng
giTon it to Daniel tbe Clerk, Micbael's son. Tbe Adrowson belonged to the Monk*
of FuraesB, and Via conftcmed to them, "oum cspelUs," gaving the Tieoroge of
twolTO mark), sAor tbe dcnsso of W. do Boiill, together with the Church of Dal-
toD, bj W. Arcbdcttcon of Richmond, iu 1288, The Chnrehea of Ulveraton and
Penington, as dependent on TTrBwieli, were claimetl hj the Monks of Fumess, and are
the Chapels rcfared to in tho Archdeacon's Confirmation. The Church of " Wun-
wythk" was Talucd at £5. 6a. 8d. in 1291. The Advowaon continued witii the Abbots
of Fumess until 153S, the right of preaentation being afterwards cxerciied bj tbe
Crown, in right of the Duchy of lAncoskr, until 1579, and u said by Bainoa to
bBTo been oicrciicd hj the Inhabitants for the first time in 1681, which was pro-
babl; not the case.

The Church, situated at a distance from any habitation, is a low and TeDorable pile
with a largo and massive embattled Tower, on the West side of which is a figure of
the Virgin and Child cut in stone, and defaced by time. Some of the Windows an
narrow and lancet shaped, ornamented with tracery, whilst tbe more modem onet
are plain and square-headed. In the Tower is a Bell, which, from its inscription, was
the giit of Sir William Uarington and Dame Margaret his wife. Sir William was
Standard Bearer at the Battle of Aiincourt, and died in IISO. His wife was Mar*
garel, daughter of Sir Bobcrt Nerile of Hornby Castle.

Iu 1G50 L'rswick was returned ai being four and a half miles in longitude and
tbree in latitude, and tbe Vicarage in the gift of tbe Cbsncellor of the Duchy of Iion'
eaater. Tbe Tithes were impropriated to Mr. Fleming of Bydoll, to Mr. Anderton of
Bardsley, a Papist delinquent, and to the ParislilonerB, being worth altogether £60
per annum. There was a Vicarage-hause, in a decayed state, two acres of Olebe, and
the Small Tithes, Talued at £20 per annum. Mr. Nicholas Marshall M.A. was the
Minister, and Master of a Free School. " Ha is scandalous in life, and negligent in
both his callings." — Pari. Inq. Lamb. Lihr. The Church WB« repewed in 1826.

' Tbe origin of thia payment may be probably traced in the following manner.
About the j-ear 1300 Robert de Denton, Abbot of Fumess, granted a Licence to Sir
Biohard de Couplond, to found a Chantry in hi* Chapel of Bolton in Urswiek ; and
VOL. II.] 4 A

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546 0.otiUn CtetricHsia.

4 Churchwardens, chosen as [the] Canon directs. 1, for Stain-
ton cum Adgarley ; 2, for Little Urswick, Bolton, Boltou heads,
and Eeckside ; 3, for Great Urswick ; [and] 4, for Berdsea.

One Ancient Seat called Berdsea Hall.^

W^ tre is a Free Gram, [mar] School, founded hy Will.[iam]
^^M Marshall [in 1580, with permission of Archhishop Parker,
to whom it was referred,] endowed w"" 15' p.[er] an,[niun] out of
a Manour in Leicest.[cr]sh. [ire. Norfolk {?)]

12 Govern. [ors] nom.[inate the] Master. V.[ide] Nom.[ina-
tion] hy [the] Govemours an. [no] 1696. Pap. Reg.

■ SB|S ftJtn to [the] Poor by [a] person unknown, [probably John
^ra Preston Esq. by Deed dated 14th May 1625,] 8', secured
upon Mortgage; 8' more, by [a] person unknown, in danger to be
lost. Pre3.[ented] an.[no] 1717.

Sir Riolmrd gave annnaliy four pounda of wai to the Mother Chnrcb of Urswiok, on
the FeaBt of St. Michael, for the good of liia soul, aud apparentlj aa a compensation
for an; damogo tlie Mother Church might suatain by this new foundation. Bolton il
now u single measusge. The Arcbea, Doora, and Windows of tho ancient Chnpel,
may still be traded, as veM aa tho Chantry, now a dwclling-hoaae.

' Bardaoft was originally a member of Iho Manor of Mucbland, and afterwards of
ESimesa, retaining its Manerial Court until tho beginning of the last century, when
tho customary tonsnts became free. The family of Bardsea dosceoded ft'om Adam de
Bardsoa, who naa a witness to tho Charter of Ingelram de Ghynea to Ms Burgesses of
TJlTeraton, and eontinoed here untQ the death of Nicholas Bardsea Esq. in the year
1642, when the Estates passed with Elizabeth, the elder heiresa, to James AndertoD of
Clayton. The Manor was purchased by Lord Molyneui, about the year 1726, for a
bunting Beat ; and very shortly after the latter date it became the property of Chris-
topher Wilson Esq. who dying withoat issue male, his Eetatea were divided between
bis two daughters and cohoirosaea. Sarah, tho older, horn in 1728, married John
Oalo of Whitehaven Esq. and had, with other iasuc, a daughter Margaret, bom on
the 26th of May 1757, married at St. James's, Westminster, on the 25th of Jnly
1786, Riohard Qreflrea Towuley of BclSeld Hall in the county of Lancaster Esq. and
a son, Wilson Gala, who assumed tho surname of Braddyll, and the Estate ii now
rested in hia reprcaentati»e, Colonel Braddyll of Cooiahead Priory.

Tho nail ia an aneient building, and after Gaetrell'a time, was restored, the gardens
lieing made, aorording to West, "at vast expense."

©tanrp of Henliale,' in %mtns^ixt.

0l€0^,^ IN THE Sanbs, Certif. ^
[ied] 281. 03'. 04^, viz. Glebe, 13' j
' Pens, [ion paid] out of [the] Rect. sjn;;
[ory,] e'-lS-.*'; East.[er] Dues, 4J. J^i\
10"; Broken Tyths of Wool and ^™
Lamb, 2' ; Tyth Hemp and Flai, 2' ;
Surp. [lice] fees, 1',
This Churcli [was] given to y*
Priory of Lane, [aster] by the Founder. MS. Ebor. D.[ugdale'8]
Mon.\asticoHj\ v.[oI.] 1, p. 566.

An. [no] 1267, Walter, Abp. of York, Approp. [riated] the
Church of Bolton prope Lancaster, (out of w"'' the Archd.[eacon]
of Eichm, [ond] then received a Pens, [ion] of 40'p.[cr] an.[num,]}
to y Archd. [eacon] and his Success, [ors] for ever. The Tyths
and Glebe Lands thereof, and of y" Church of Clapham, the
Arehd. [eacon] demised for 66'-13*-4!<' p.[er] an. [num.] M8.
Mb.lor.} V.[ide] 0.[W] ite^.[w(er,] M. M.

' The Hural DeBneriw of Kmdal and LonBdalo appew to hiiTe been mut«d before
the jenr 1291, at the geren Churches ui theBO DouieriGB axe at that time clasied togs-
IhtT. — Popo Nitholss' Valor.

> Dcdi<»tcd to the Hoi; Triaitj. Vidua in 183-;, £16B. Hegieten begin in 1653.
Bolton-le-SanJs — the Bodeltone of ilomeirfoy — along with the Church, Titbea,
■od halt a earucato, waa giren by Boger Ae Poiutou to Ibe Priory of Lancaeler,
riioTtlj atWr the Conquest. The family of Bolton hiild lamls under thu Prior}', and
1 the Tegta de Sevill,' and in the Chsrtulary of Lancaater. The Manor
u was, however, appurtennnt to the Church, which in the year 1267, wb«
«tiutUy appropriated to the Archdeiciniry of Bichmotid, the Archdeacon having

548 ^otitta ffmtriensiia.

An.[no] 1336, the Archd. [cacon] settled the Vicaridge, ap-
pointiug y' y* Vicar s^ be Instituted to y« Church of Bolton,
with the Chap, [el] of Kellet, and that he should have a House
aud Croft near y" Church, 7 Acres of Arabic Land, called Gaze-
lands, an acre and [a] half of meadow, &c. v'^ all Small Tytha
and Mortuaryes in Bolton and Kellet. lteff.[isl^.']

An. [no] 1424, [the] Archd. [cacon] of Richm.[ond was] Col-
lated to Bolton in Lonsdale. Beff.[ister,'] Bowel, f. 24.

This Church in y" Charter of Dotation is called " Capella sive
Can tan a dc Bolton in Londiadale."

An. [no] 1695, [a] Complaint [was] made to y" Bp. y* y" ancient
Sal.[ary] to [the] Vicar was detained by [the] Bp'a Lessee. It
does not appear upon what ground. Pap. Reg.

An. [no] 1705, Certif.[ied] y' y" Glebe Land was about 18
acres; most of it [being] proper for Corn, and not Grasae; worth
about 20' p.[er] an.[num.] lb.

[The] Bp. of Chester [is the] Improp. [riator] and Patron.

&lieBdf tliere an annual pcnBian of 40g. On recount of its yidnitj to Claphun,
Bolton ncTCT aflbrded a residence to tlie Arohdcocon, though, when choice was froe^ it
might reasonablj be enquired what were the grounds of such a preference? The
Church does not oecuc in the Valor of 1291. On the DisBoIution of the Priory, tho
Uonor BDil AdvowsoD fell to the Croim, end vtro annexed to Iho See of Chutei in
1541 ; and a Court foi tho Manor and Kectorf, ia now held bj the Biahop's Leasees.

Tho Church conaiats of a Nave, Aielee, North Transept, and Cbonccl, with a eaatd-
l«ted Tower, tho latter being very ancient and handsome. Two rowa of low angular
Columns with eorrospooding Arches of n former bnHding still remain, althongh much
of the Church viu rchuilt in the year 1816, the Transept Guish«l in 1830, and the
Chancel re-edified in 1846. The Chance! Wmdows are filled with stained glaas, by
Wailea, representiog the Crucifilion, the Aaeension, and various armorial bearings of
the donor, John Holden Eaq. There are monuments in the Church to the memory
of "M. Robert Cob, lata of the Coute Esq." who died b 1643; and of "Thomas
Colo of Beaumont Cote Eaq. who died January 11th A.s. 1691, a Magiatralo of Oyer
and Terminer, and Depniy Lieutenant of the County."

In 1660 tho Beirtory was returned as an Appropriation belongiog to " tho late
Bishop of Chester," who let it ou lives, to Sir Henry Compton, a delinquent. It was
then farmed for the State, at £310 a year. There was also a Vicarage-honsc, seven-
teen acres of Qlebe, no Tithes of Com, but Tithes of Wool, and the Small Tithea
throughout the whole Pariah, (except Over Kellet, worth £4 per annum,) received bj
the Vi.-ar, bikI cttimatcd st £B0 per annum. The then Incumbent, Mr. John

Viz. 1, Boltou cum Sandside; 2, Nether Kellet; 3, Sline cum VCaietti. 8,
Hest, (besides the Chappelry,) for fi'^ there arc 3 Churchw.[ar-
dens] chosen accord, [ing] to [the] Canou.

No ancient Seat but Beaumont- Cote,^ belong, [ing] to [the] Ran.
Fam,[ily] of the Coles, time out of mind.

^^^ erf is a Free School, [founded by Thomas Assheton by Will St^ool-
^1^ dated the 5th of May 1619, with a yearly rent of 80s. and]
endowed v^'^ & p.[er] an.[mmi] by John Slater, and Governed by
y" Vicar and 8 Feoffees. Sal.[ary] & ■ 10* p.[er] an. [num.]
Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1719. In 1705, Robert Mayor gave by
Will, £10.

The School was erected at y charge of y" Pariah, an. [no] 1627,

The Nine Feoffees nom. [inate] the Master. An' Stipend to y"

Master, about S'- 10" p.[er] an. [num. The] Master is paid out of

Lands first given by Tho. [mas] Ashton of Hestbank, an.[no]

1620. Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1722.

Bftien to yi Poor [before 1686,] about 40' p.[er] an.[num,] efiaritn.
taken care of by y* Feoffees of y' School, In 1713, John
Hrippon gave by Will 10" a year, to poor housekeepers of Nether
Kellett.

laeqact, had £100 A yiior allowed out ot the Koctoiy, by order of tie Comimttee of ,

Qoldimiths' Uall, on Sir Heiuy Comptoa's rampoeition, paid by Mr. Chamberlain. — ,

Pari- Inq- Lamb, Libr-

' Seaumont Cote adjoins the Monutic Orange of Beaumont iu Skcrton, had wa«
held for miinj generalioiiB bj the family of Cole, Until it was eonyeyed in marriage by
Dorothy, daughter and heiresa of Edmund Cole Esq. Sheriff of Limcuhire in the
year 1TD7, to Thomas Butler of Eirllond Esq. «ho died in 17*8. His son, Aleiuidn
Butler of Eirkland and Coto Esq. dying unmarried in 1811, devised hia Estates to
his great oepheir, Thomas Butler Esq. (gnmdson of .^chdescon Thomas Butler, who
died in 1825, aged oinety-one,) with an ii^unetiou to assume the sumsme of Cols.
He is the present reprcsontatiTe of those two very ancient and respectable families, —
See p. 411.

550 ia^otitia ffefltricndis.

jk^ VEU aSli,S2r,' Certif.[ied] under

SM^ 9' p-[er] aii.[iium,] viz. £a8ter Recks,

21 ; Broken Tyth of Wool and Lamb, 1' j Tyth of Hemp and Flax,

ai-lO"; Gccse, Ducks, &c. lO"; Legall Rents, 21; Surp.[lice]

Fees, under li.

Given since by G. Eakriggc, 201 p,[er] an.[num] in Land.

An. [no] 1663, Jolm Baileman gave 201 to y< Chap.[el,] w** is
now laid out in Land for y* use of y« Curate. An. [no] 1725.

John Wilson gave also SQi to y* Chap, [el, the] Int. [erest] of
w'l" is duly paid out of Land. Certif[ied] an. [no] 1725.

[The] Inhab. [itants] of this Chappelry doe not contribute to
[the] repairs of Bolton Church, or pay Mortuaryes to [the] Vicar
as [the] Inhab. [itants] alledge, an. [no] 1698. Pap. Beg.

One Knotts, Vicar of Bolton, Sued W. Curwen, Min.[i8ter] of
Over Kellet, for a Noble p.[er] an.[num] doe to y* Vicar, but
was cast at Chester. lb.

> Dedicated to St. Cuthbcrt. Talue in 1834, £170. Ttcgistera begin in 1653.

This ia the Chellet oi Domeiday, and waa held by Onnc de Kellet in Ihe reigna of
Richard I. and King John, of tho Crown, bj Sfijesntj of keeping the Wapentake of
Lonsdale. Sir Thurstan de Holluid married the daughter and heireas of Adun da
Kellet, sod the King, in iho jear 1319, cooflrmoil to Robert de Holland, in geoeral
tallage, amongat other tliinga, the dcnieanea of Kellet. In the reign of Edward III.
the Manor was held bj Honrj, aon of Roger do Crofte, and Bannlph da Dacre.
Thcee poasesaiona paeacd in the reign of Charles II. to Sir John Otwii; of Ingoune in
the Pariah of Sedbergh, who ia memorable for his aotiTity in the restoration of
Cfaarlea II. He deriaed hia landa hero to Dr. Charlea Otws;, a dislingiiiahed cirilian,
and to Braithwaile Otvray Eaq. one of whom aold tbc Manor of Kellet in the begin-
ing of the last ccntnrj, to OliTer Marton Esq, father of tho Rev. Oliver Marton
LL.B. who died Vicar of lancaeter, in 17^, leaving a aoa, Oliver MBrton Eaq. on
whose death, nnmanied, in 1843, hia nephew, George Marton, now of Capcmwra;
New Hall Eaq. eueoeeded to the EatatB, being a son of George Richard Marton, wbo,
in 1797, obtained an Act of Parliament to authorise hiin lo enclose and divide tho
Common called "Over Kellet Moor," being one Uioueand acrea. He was High SheriiT
of the County in 1832.

About tbe year 1690 tho old Manor-houso of Capemwray was atlempted to bo
pulled down, when tho workmen were compelled to desist, until the masaee of ancient
groat-worfc bad been broken by gunpowder: such waa the admirable oement of for-

IStantvp of iftmBiil.

561

An. [no] 1698, Nora.[inatioii] of a Curate by [the] Inhab.
[itants,] and dispute upon it. V,[ide] Pap. Reg.

An. [no] 1715, G. Eskrigg^ gave a Messuage, w"" Lands contain-
ing ab' 26 acres, and worth 24" p.[er] an.[num,] to y* Chappell.
Cert.[ified] an.[no] 1725.

2 m.[ile3] from [the] Par.[i8li] Church.

M^ ere is a Free School, endowed tv"" [the] Int. [ereat] of 200' Srijonl.
JjSlsJ by Mr. Tho. [mas] Wilson, now settled upon Lands [He
died in 1702.]

An. [no] 1693, Walter Cocke gave 20' to this School, [the]
Int. [erest of which is] paid out of Lands in y« TownsP.

V,[ide] Nom. [ination] of Master by [the] Feoffees, w''' a Bond
&oni [the] Master to turn out upon a Quarter's warning. Re-
jected by [the] Bp. an, [no] * * * Pap. Reg.

Hfben to y* Poor of Over Kellet at different times, by different Ctaviiitt.
Persons, 78', [the] Int. [erest] of w^ is Duly paid out of
Lauds. [Of this Thomas Withers gave, in 1709, Land producing
jE4. IBs. 6d. a year, in 1786.]

The Chapel of KoUet is utoatod in a quiet >pot nbore Ibe Tillage, and in the Yard
am tno small Cronsco, parti; sunk beneath iho soil, proTing that the Chapel eiieted
prior to Ihn Eeformation. In IGBO it was stjled Parochial, and four mil™ from tho
Pariih ChoTch. Mr. William Smith, "their Preaching Minister," rooeited £10 a
year from the Small Tithea, and £50 h jbut by order of the Ooldsmithn' Ball Com-
mittee, out of tho Sequeatered Tithes of Bit Hear; Compton. — Pari. laq. Lamb. IMir.

It. F. BrndabBw Enq. appointed the Inoumbcot in 1832. The proseot Patron ia
John Walmste; Esq. of BiclunoDd House, Loncoator. There is a Farsoni

' Mr. George Eskrigge of Over Eellct, died on the 7th of Juno 1715. Tbis good
man, commiserating tho Hinistci of that Cbapel, whose Income thonco arising did
not exceed twenty ponnds per annum, (manj who novor mot with so g
&ctor, did not at that time exceed a* manj shillings,) by hla last Will dat«d the 22d
of Dooomber 1713, gave bis own dwelling-house, gardens, and lands, of the amiual
Talue of £30, to certain Trustees, for the better support of the Minister there, pro-
vided that he be of the communion of the Church of England, and oonrtaDtly
naide in, and offldst* at. Over Kellet. — Whitaker's BicimcndMkirt, roL iL p. 286,

^tfm enttitmia.

{] aiff^N,' Ccrtif.[ied] 57'-17'.09^, viz. Tyth of Corn

of all sorts, 401 ; Tyth Wool and Lamb, © ■ 6* ■ 8^ ;

Hemp, Flax, and Pigg, I'-IO"; Quit Rents, 6'.13".4^;

!l Geese, Eggs, and Surp.pice] Fees, I'-IO"; East.[er]

Dues, 41. Bed. [net] Tenths and Acqiut. [tauee,] 2>-0«-5'i; Syn.

[odals] and Acquit, [tance,] I'-IO^.

Patron, Mr. Cams, a Papist,

Val.[ue] 40'. Pat.[ron,] 1,^ Dacre. MS. L. where it is placed
in Lonsdale Dcanry,

An. [no] 1542, S' Will.[iam] Dacre Frea.[ented] as true Patron.
In3t.[itutioi{\ B.[ook,'] 1, p. 14.

1 Dedicated to St. WUfred, Valuo in JS34, £479, Eogi«te» bcgb in 1B9S.

At tbo Domeeda; Surrey, Halton coatainod twenty-two depCDdent TovnBtiipR, and
was the bead of b Barooj ot Honor, being tho proportj of the Saion Earl To»ti,
but tlie modem Parish eontuns quIj Halton and Augbton, wbilat tbo r»t hare
merged in other, or become distinct, Farinhei. Halton was giTen b; William the
Conqueror to Bogcr of Poictou, wbo appears to Lave granted it to the Oernetn. In
the reign of Edward I. William, bod and heir of Banutpb de Dacre, Lord of Docre in
Cumberland, married Joan, daughter and beiregfl of Roger, aon of BcnediL-t Gemot,
Lord of UaltoD, and obtained the Manor. Ho died in the year 1318, and bis
desoeadant, Ranidph do Bacre, being skin at Towton, and afteniarda attainted, hia
Estates were forfeited, but a« Humphrey Dacre, bis brother, was in great lavoar
with Edward IV. Whitaker considers that it may at least be matter of doubt whether
the Manor of Halton wa« not restored : but Dugdale states that Sir Richard Fiennos
obtained it by grant, on his marriage with Joan, solo heiress of Thomas, son of
Thomas, Lord Dacre, in 1459, previous to the altaindcr. It b supposed to have been
sold by Margaret, sister and heiress of Gregory Fiennes, ninth Lord Daere, (who ob.
in 1594,) or by Samson Lcnnard, her husband, to Justice Gams, wbo devised it to
hia SOD, Bic Christopher Carua ICnt. wbo died in 1633, and in whose descendants

it ooMinued until 171B, when it was sold to Mr. Bradshaw, by certain Com-

misnoners, owing to tbo part Francis Carus Esq. had taken in the Rebellion of 1715,
William Bradshaw of Halton Esq. the descendant of this purchaser, devised the
Manor in 1774, to his nephew, William, sou of Bolwrt Fletcher Gent, and dying
the following year, hii successor assumed the surname of Bradshaw, and in 17E'7,
by the name of William Bradshaw Bradshaw Esq. obtained sn Act of Parliament
to enclose and divide Halton Moor within his Manor of Halton. On the death
of his son, Robert Pletrher Bradshaw Esq. the Manor wns sold to John Swaioson of
FrcDCbwood Esq.

jacanrrr of SniDal. 558

An. [no] 1706, [a] Caveat [entered] by Bennison and Moor.
Subs.^cripiion] B.[ooft.]

Towns. [hips:] Halton and Aughton, for v^^ [there are] 2 Cotonj*. s.
Chiirchw. [ardens.]

Within Haltou TownsP are Halton Green and Halton Park,^ HsXli.

a (torn hy Mr. [Thomas] Withers, [Rector of Halton,] 10', Cliaritirtf.
[invested in Land,] 10b. a year to the Poor, 40s. a year for
a Schoolmaster, and the residue in Books for Poor Children ; and
Robert Burton's Charity, given by Will in 1697, being certain
Lands in Halton.

A Church is supposed to !ibfo ciietcd here anterior to the Conquest. A Suzon
Croes still remains in the Cburch-jard, and a Koman votiTa Altar ha« be«D dieco-
Tered there. A fow years ago, an elegantly thased »ilyer cup, contBining eight hun-
dred coins of the rciga of Canute, aod a gold Torque, were discovered on ODclosing
Halton Moor. A few yarda to the North-Eest of the Church, is a lofty droular
Bleration called Castle Hill, supposed to hnre been the ejte of a small Sucon Ibr-

Thc Church in tho year 13Q1 was valued at £12. In 1660 the Living was returned
as a Farsonsge "anciently prraontatirc by Thomas Carus Ssq. the elder, a Papist."
Tho Commisaioncrs had heard that there was a Parsonagc-houso and some Glebe
Xjands belonging to tho ParsoDsgc, eoncemitig which tbcro was then a Suit pending
whether it was Globe or not, but they knew not the particular!. Tho Parson received
£80 a year, without reference to the Lands in Suit. U>. Tbomaa Wliitehead M_A
was the Rector. — Pari. Inq, Lamb. Libr.

The present Church was rebuilt in 1702. It is " a plain, unfeutured, frugal struc-
ture." The squaro maiBiTO Tower was permitted to remain. Tho Advowson for-
merly passed with the Manor, until its recent sale to John Thompson of Holme
Island Esq. when a separation took place. Mr, Thompson sold the Advowson
on the eSd of March 1848, for £6,350, the then Incumbent being aged siityone,
and the value of the Rectory of Halton and Curacy of Aughton being estimated at
£610 per annum.

' Halton Hall is a plain spacious mansion, with a centre, two wings, and transom
windows. It was built by one of the last of the Cams family, on the eite of the
Manorial residence of the Dacres. It adjoins tho Church, and the surrounding
scenery is beautifully piotoreeque. It is now the seat of John SwsJnson Esq.

VOL. II.]

554 ]iu>tttia CesiriensiA.

^g ai<!5»2r©N,' Certif.[ied] 221 ■ 03» ■ 04'",

^^S viz. left lately by Eob.[ert] Burton
Gent. SO" p.[er] aii.[nuin] in [a] Freehold Estate called [Lower]
Highfield, in y° Chappelry, vested in [Mr. Thomas Withers,]
Rect.for] of Halton, and [Dr. James Fenton,] Vic.[ar] of Lane.
[aater, and the Rector and Vicar] for [the] time being, and Mr.
Edm. [und] "Withers, and his Heirs, as Trustees ; [the] Int. [erest]
of 148' — 7' ■ 8« ■ 4^, secured by y= said Trustees ; out of w^"" Ded,
[uct] 5' 5' for a Widow's Dower during her Life. 1717.

The Chappell was rebuilt by [the] Inhab, [itants,] Certif.[ied]
an. [no] 1723, 241 p.[er] an. [num.]

3^^ fie Curate, in consideration of y" Sal.[ary] left him by Rob.
^^i [ert] Burton, [in 1697,] is obliged to teach School Freely.

> Dodicntfd to St. Qcorge. Tslue in 1834, £1'10. Boguters at Halton.

Tho Manor of Hoton, or Anghton, is an appurtenant of Halton, and the I>ard
uf that Manor eiercioes Maarrial eights bero. Balnea atalfa that "the Olirerian
Surrej made in 1650, rocommends that Aughton should be added to OrossbgbaiB,"
[Gressingham,] owing to its distance from the Parish Church. "But," aiida Mr.
Balnea, (vol. ir. p. 589.) "Mr. Rohert Burton obrlated this InconTcuieQce in the jear
1697, bj erecting and endowing the Cbapi'l and School at Aughtoo. A Mr. Idwaon
enlarged the endowment by the bequirst of Lower Higbfield." On this statement
it ma; bo observed that a Cbspel eiiatiHl here long boforD the Olirerian Surrej, —
that it ia eipressl; named aa being in cjiBt«nce wbeu that Inquisition was talini, —
that it was rebuilt b; the Inhabitants after the Ciril War, and was not founded
bj Mr. Robert Burton in 1697. Tbc Inquisitors of lOBO reported that "Aaghton
Chapel is four miles from the ParUh Church, with neither maintenance nor Mi-
nister. Aughton is at one end, and Halton Churcli at tho other end of the rariah.
If the Church were temorod to some conTeuient place or near tho niiddle of the
Parish, or the same Inhabitants of Augbtou am^cied to GresBingham, it would sup-
ply the whole much better." — I'arl. Surv. Lamb. lAbr. The Clwpcl is situated on
an eminence, and commands extensive and delightful views, tho BiTer Lnue being the
Northern boundary of tho Chapclry. There is a Parsonage-house.

The Curate is ^ipointed b; the B«eti)r of Halton and Vioar of Lanouter.

Qrniifrii of ftenDoI.

jS!I?S»a#a.' Certif.[ied] roi.09«.06<>, viz. Par8.[on-ja. ^3;,^
I age] house, Gardeiij Church-yard, [and] Glebe, clear |jf| ;;; J; II

I of Taxes, 20'; Tyth of Grain of all sorts, Hay, Wool, f™

i Lamb, and other SmaU Tyths, let for 501 ; East, [er] ^'^ '

Dues, I'-IO. Ded.[uct] Tenths and Acquit, [tance,] IT-Q^; Syn.

[odals] and Acquit, [tance,] 3' -3^.

[A] Rect. [or] of Hescham Prcs. [anted] by [the] Abbesae and

Convent of St. Saiiour's, and St. Marye's, and St. Bridgett de

Oxou, [Sion? of the] Ord.[er] of St. Aug. [ustine,] an.[Tio] 1434.

Reff.[isim;] Bowel, f. 62.

■ Dedintted to St. Pctn. Value in 1834, £501. BegUten begin in 1658.

Hessam, in the Dometdas Suirty, wm one of tho lills of the Mnnop of Halton.
The laiae signifies the habitation of Hctse or Hcsas, the original Suon proprietor,
wlio took poasession of a rock and emnl! tract of land, probably nearly inaulated l>j
the aes. A high point of this rotk OTerlooked nearly every creek and comer of More-
oombe Bay ; and on this rock a Chape!, dedicated to St. Patrick, wag erected, accord-
ing to Dr. Whitakcr, at an early period of the Snion era, the remaiae of irhich are
gtill riiible. Under the Normans the Mnnor ku held by the Hosaams, and Agnes,
the wife of Adam de Qcmet, complained to King John, in the year 1199, that Roger
de LeiceetoT had married hia daughter to Thomas her aon, who onght to be a Boyal
Ward, in order to obtain his lande in Hejsham and Caton. In the 3d Jobn, Thomaa
Gimet obtained eeisin of these landa. The family of Lucy afterwnrda held the Manor
nnder the Qemets, from irbom it paased, in the tvolflh century, irith Joan, daughter
of Alice de Lucy, to Ranulf de Dacrc, and by the marriage in the next gooerstion of
William de Dacro with the heircas of Benedict Gemet, from o mesne lord he became
Bole proprietor. In the time of Edvard III. Sir John Harrington held (he Manor,
but how ho obtained it ia not clear. Heyehim continued anneiod, however, to
Hornby, until the year 1683, when it woe sold, it is supposed, by WiUiam Parker,
Lord Morley. In aubsequent timea, it wm in poaacasion of the Corporation of Lan-
caster, by whom it vas sold in 17S7 for abont £600, (o the ancestors of the present
proprietors, who are twelve in number.

The Church of Hojaham, with the third of all the town, was given bj Roger do
Poictou to the Priory of Lanoaatcr and Abbey of Sees, and in the year 1301, Thomas
Qrenewodc, suhdcaeon. Rector of Heysham, acknowledged that it was held of the
Priory by an annual pension of 6«. 8d. The Cliurch of ■■ Hcsh'm" wna valued at £10
in 1291. At the Diaaolution of the Alien Ilousea, it waa annexed by Henry YI. to
the Abbey of Bion in Middlesex, although firom the teit it might aecm that the
Patronage had not been raenrised immediately by the Nuns of Bion. After the anp-

566 jlotitia ffcKtrunsis.

Heaham [valued at] 12'. Patr.[oii, the] Abb.[e88] of Syon.
MS.L.

An. [no] 1583, Gabr.[iel] Croft Esq. Patron. In3t.[ituiion] B.
look,] 2, p. 10.

An. [no] 1G71, Mr, Tho.[inas} Mather presented. lb. p. 143.

An. [no] 1698, W. Worden [Gent.] Patron. lb.

[The] Par.[i9hi3] divided into 2 Villages, Higher and Lower
Heysliam.

2 Churchw. [ardens,] who serve Jointly for [the] whole Par.
[Uk]

No School, nor Charities.

preasioQ of the Religious Houses, it fell to tbc Crown, anil iraa soon Blienatcd. It
passed through ecTcnl hands during tbe serentcoDth ccuturj. In 1650 tho Pariia-
mentarj Iiiquisitora returned the Living as preseutative by Mr. Qwirgo Parkinson of
Fnirsnnpo in Bleasdiili!. The Tithes of Gmin and Com throughout the whole Parish,
and tho Tithca of Wool, FUh, tc. were Tnluod at £100 a year, wLich Mr. WiUiam
Ward M.A. receivod. — Pari. Inq. Lamb. lAhr. toI. ii. The Adrowsoo apptiars to
havB been bought in 1736, for £400, of Willinm Werden, [Merden, in Whit«ler,]
Gent, (who pTesented in 1698-9,) by tho Bcv. Thomu Clarkson, Virar of Cbippine,
and Rector of this Parish, and by bis desccudnot, the Kct. T. Y. Ridley, tho Rector,
tbe AdvowBon wss sold on the 9th of July 1844, for £8,000, to Clement Boyds of
Mount Faliiige Esq. (now aherilT of LaDcaehire,) the Tithca haying been commuted
for £470, and the Olebe aoDsisting of ninety acres, with d Reotory-house.

The Church, lilunted near tho s«s at Lower Hcyshun, is small, mcau, and wHto-
wasbed, though formerly dignified by a Tower, which wss pulled down, according to
tradition, and the Bolls removed to Hornby, while the Manor was in the noble
foiaily to which that ploee belonged. The Chancel Arch is plain and massive Nor-
man, but the East Window of the Choir is exquisitely decorated, and a beautiful side
Window is now choked up by a modem pew. Tho Arches forming the South Aislo
are of tho time of Henry VII. ; and additions were made iji tho early part of the
seventeenth contury.

la tho Church is a curious monumentid stone, with the ridged or eoped roof
eorercd with Ggorea of stags, boars, dogs, and men, and may be attributed to a period
not Uler than the elerenth or twelfth century. There are also several stone coffins
and coffin lids.

Ocanrnj of SmSal

Nta^'iH'. S.'

aajr©N,' Certif.[icd] rSi-lS'-OO'*, viz. Vic.[arage] ^.

house, Gardcu, Churchyard, and a small Close of half j, £.

iiD Acre, 2'; Stipend from [the] Improp. [riator,] 80', 9jii-'...o.

(out of W^ is to be deducted 5' for [the] Curate of J'^'j^^

Silverdale;) Surp.[lice] fees, l'-15'.

[The] Vic.[ar] payes taxes and all asscBSments but to [the]
Church, out of his Stipend of 80' p.[er] an. [num.]

At tlie Restoration, [the] Sal. [ary] to [the] Vicar was but Sff

p.[er] an. [num,] but [was] augmented quickly after to Sff, by

[the] Dean and Chap.[ter] of Worcester, [the] Improp. [riator s.]

V.[ide] J>r. Hopkins' i>e/(.[er.] Pap. Reg.

An.[no] l-t21, [an] In8tit.[ution] to [the] Rectory of Warton

upon Pre3.[entation] of [the] Crown. Reg.[i8teri] Arckd.{eacon\

Bowel, :

13.

' Dedicated to the Holj Trinity ; St. Ouwald, [Lucas.] Vuluo in 1834, £187.
BcgisterB begin in I66B.

At DomtndBy Sunej, Warton wis oao uf the twelve Manora vlijcb constituted the
district of OrstoTTio, belonglog tu the Saiou fbieflain TorQn, and embraciug a
derable portion of tho Yorkshire Wapentake of Eudross, It is probahle that bi
after the Cocqucst, Warton became a Member of the groat Barony of Kendal, and
de>cand»l through the family of Oe I^tmcaster, to QUbert Fitz Beiufrod, to whom
King John, in the first part of his reign, granted a weekly Market eiery Wednesday,
in hia Manor of Warton. On the death of William do Iiancaater without issue, in
the 81st Henry III. his largo Estates descended to the children of his sister, and the
Manor of Warton dcvolred upon Walter, son of William de Lyodsey, whilst the
Barony of Kcodal fell to Peter le Brus, From the Lyudseya the Manor passed to
the Cuueys and Couplands, and probably to the Crown, on the death uf Sir John do
CoupLind, without heirs. It continued to be held immediately of the Crown until
the year 1611, when it was purchased by Thomas Inman of Silterdalo Esq. who
ooQTeyed it shortly afterwards, by sale, to John Bolden of Ujning Hall Esq.

The AdTOWBOn of Warton appears to hare belonged to Poter la Brus, on whoso
death without issue, in the year 1278, the Barony of Kendal passed with Margaret,
one of his four sisters and coheiresses to William dc Boa of Ingmanthorpit, whose
daughter Isabel married Uarmaduke de Tbwenge, who held lands in Warton, and
obewhcre, in right of his wife. On Ilie death of Thomas de Thwenge, a Prieat, in the
ilSlh Edward HI. bis Estates were divided between his threo sisters, namely, Lucy,
wife of Sir Robert de Lumiey j Margaret, wife of Sir fiobert do Hilton of Swiue

558 ^bttttii efRtrienfiiB.

Wharton Rcct.[ory is] val.[ued at] 86'. Patron, h^ Lumlcy.
MS. L. where 'tis put into Amound. [erness] D.[canery.]

An.[no] 1553, [the] Dean and Chapter of Worcester presented.
Inst.[itulioa] B-look,] 1, p. 39.

They have been Patrons ever since.

The Chureh is an aneient but large and fair building, Dedicated
to the Holy Trinity.

Viz. 1, Warton cum Lindeth; 2, Camforth cum Borwick; 3,
Yelland Conyers, Yelland Kcdmainc cu Silverdale, and Priests
HuttOD, W*" last is reckoned cu Dalton in Burt»n Par.[ish] in
[the] Constables' Assessments.

In Warton are 2 Churchw. [ardens] and 2 Sidesmen; in the
other 7 villages, 1 Churchw. [arden] and 1 Sidesman each.

The 9 Churchwardens arc returned by House-row, or, as y*
People call it. Neighbour- row.

in Holiiernesa, (oironoouBly called bj Whitaker, Sutdo ;) and Katherine, wife of Sir
Halph Danbcof . Wbitaker obaeireB that in ttiis partilion it in not known to whoso
portion the Manor of Warlou fell ; but it is certain that the Manor had been, befora
Ibis time, in the Lyndaeys, and in the 49th Edward III. tho Advaw^on belonged (u
tho Lmnlojs. In the 7th Richard II. Sir Mnnnaduke Lumlej was Falron of tbe
Liiing, and was summoned to Parliament as ono of tho Barons of tho Realm, from
the 8th Kicbard II. to the l«t Henry IT. in which year ho was attainted, {his lands
being eonflscated,) for joining in the rebellion of Thomas UoUuid, Earl of Kent,
against Henrj TV, The act of attainder was afterwards retersed by Edward IV. ;
but the AdToivaon appears to hare continued in the Crown, and was canrejcd by
Letters Patent dated the 6th of February 1547, along with tlio Bwtory, to tho DcBn
and Chapter of Worcester, in oicbango for other property. In 1291 the Llring wai
valued at £66. 13s. U.

The Church is of lata perpendicular, and was rebuilt about tho time of Henry YII.
or Henry VIII. and a Chantry in it was dissolved in the year 1647. Tbo interior a
BpBciouB and light. There is a Parsonage- house. "Warton Rectory is an Impro-
priation now belonging to the Doan and Chapter of Worcester, Compositio super
Decimia in Warton coram B. Eion Ep6. — Chaiiular. Prioral. de Lenfim, fol. 161 ;
Bibl. Coll™; Otho. B. 14 i Duearol's Sep. In 1850 tbo Chancellor of the Duclij of
Lancaster was returned as Patron, in the plai7c of tbo late Dean nnd Chapter of Wor-
cester, to whom the Rectory and Tithes belonged, but hod been granted to William
Ponniagton Esq. and Sir Qeorgo Hiddleton Kut. and Bart, the latter a compounded
delinquent. Tboy were worth £270 a year, Out of which tho Farmers had paid *0g. a
ycM to the Poor of the Parish by order of the Dean and Chapter. There was a little

OfAnerp of iUnOal. MB

[The] Par.[ish is] 4 ni.[iles] loug, [and between] 2 and 3 m.
[ilea] over ia y^ broadest place.
Leighton,^ Amset,^ [and] Borwick.^ fealld.

8839 tVt is a Free Gram, [mar] School, erected and Founded by 6rBnimat
jiiHArchbP Hutton.s (who was born here) an. [no] 1595. He *'^''^
endowed it wi> 20' p.[er] an.[num] to a Master, and 6' -IS* -4^ to
an Usher, [which was] paid by [Matthew Ilutton Esq.] y= grand-
son and Heir to his Estate, w'' he charged w't" these Pensions,
[by Deed PoU dated 35th Nov. 1637.]

[The] Master and Usher are to be Nom. [inated] by y* Heir
w*^in 40 dayes; upon neglect, by y" Six Wardens and Govem-
ours; and upon their neglect for 40 dayes more, by [the] Archb.
[iahop] of York.

Vicarage- houae, nod under an acre of Glebe, and tlio whole prooeada of the Vicarage
were £20 per aimum. Ur. Bicbord WalkiT M.A. hod £G0 a year alloved out of Sir
George Middleton'a composition, by the Committeo of Goldsmiths' HaU. — I'arl. Inq.
Ijamb. Libr.

3 Leigliton IIbII, long the seat of the famil; of Middlcton, was rebuilt in tbc last
ccnturj by George Towndcy Esq. who long resided at the House. It was sold by

' Amset Tower is a amall quodraQgular building, which from the thickness of ita
walls, and the small dimcoaions of ita doors and windows, appears to be of oonsidor-
able antiquity. It is a single Tower, nerer the residence of any eonaiderablo lamily,
but has been merely a place of temporary rotreat for the Doighbotuiiig iohabltiuits in
case of any sudden alonn from the North.

* Borwick Hall, of which a liow ia giren in Whitakcr's Siiiorg of BichmondMre,
OS it appears at present, is a spacious decayed Hall house of the time of Charles I. bat
with a atroDg border Tower at the East end. The huge Hull , nlth its long table and
oaken Door, is atill entire g and OTor the maatcl-picoo are the arms of Bindloss im-
paling West, Lord Delaware, and the date 1620, intended for Sir Fntneis Bindloas,
but this part of the bouse will be of rather later date, as Sit Francis did n
the daughter of Lord Delaware until after that year. One of the bed-rooma, bung
with tapestry, was once tho Chapel ; and during tho Usurpation, the Service of the
Church of Enghind was performed there with great effect.

' The Free Grammar School, with two Chambers for tbe Master, and Hospital of
Jeaus, in tho town of Warton, was founded by Lettera Patent granted on tbe ISth
of November in tbc 37th Elizabeth, to Matthew IJutton D.D- Archbishop of York,
and endowed by his Graeo with a yearly sum of £i&. 13s. 4d, which, up to N'orember
161&, liad been tranamitted to the Ticar of Warton by the fiMiily of fiutton of

560 ^.oUtia Ctattimaifi.

All. [no] 1637, Mat.[thew] Huttoii nominated six Wardens and
Gov.[eraors] by Deed Poll, for y Free Gram, [mar] School, and
Hosp.[ital] of Jesus.

3 ftc is an Alms-house, erected by Abp. Hutton, an. [no]
i 1594, for six poor men of y" Parish, [one always to be of
Priest Hutton, where he was bom,] to each of whom is p^d 3'-

G*-8'ip.[er] an.[num] by [the] Abp's Heir. [The] Vicar [is] y"
only remaining Trustee, au. [no] 1717.

40" p-[er] an.[num was left] by y^ s^ Abp. for Reading Prayers
in y" jVlms-house, [on] Wednesd, [ays] and Fridays. V.[ide]
Pap. Rfff.

Abp. Hutton's Hospitall is a very mean house consisting only
of three little ground rooms, w"'out any other convenience, and
therefore is not inhabited, yet kept in repair. Cert.[ified] 1722.

^^ nt.[«eflt] of 2081, given to y* Poor of y" Par.[ish,] is dis-
j^S tributcd yearly among them.
Mr. Hind, late Schoolmaster of Warton, gare 20', [the] lut.

Msrako HaU in tbe North Riding of YorkiMro. From tbat date to 1825 the money
had not been paid, and on the 6th of May 1830, s Decreo of tho Court of Chancery
filed and regulated tho Charities. Tho property consiate of the Sohool, three cot-
tages on the Bito of the Alms-house, a field of 2a. lip. a Geld of 3a. lOp. a rent charge
of £2-1 on the Manor of Thornton and Ulnaby in the county of Durhiim, appointed
hy the Wili of the f'ounder ; a rent charge of £22. 13b. id. on Marake in Yorkehiro,
charged by Sir Timothy Button, eon of the Archbishop, and now in the poBEession of
Tuaothy Uutton Esq. ; and £1,£S9. 189. 7d. three per cent. Con$ol Bank Annaities,
purchased with money due to tho Charitit^a by tho lute John Uutton Esq. Sixty
chddren are now taught ill the School.

At Priest Hutton in this Parish, was bom Matthew Hutton, Bucceaaivoly Bishop
of Lichfield and CoTcntry, Durham, and Archbishop of York, of poor parentage, or,
aa some say, a foandling. He was, however, not aahamed of the place of hii birth,
the motnory of which is perpetuated by the foundation of this Grammar School, bear-
ing this inicriptian in large characters over the door —

"Sitiu Oomini m.S jcib. Deo tt Bonis ILiltm. fRat. button. £pisr. ISbntlm."

To this respectable foundation orery antiquary, at least every one occupied in illus-
trating the topography of the North of England, owes a tribute of respect, as haring
produced ataong other Scholars of note, the indefatigable Boger Dodswortb, whose

ISranrrf of itpittial. 5Cl

[ereat] of w^*" for putting out some Poor Boy of y" Par[ish]
Apprentice out of y" Pax.[ish,]

Wil. [Thomas] Mansergh of Berwick, left an Estate^ [by Will
dated 16th April 1700J of 34i p.[er] an.[num,] in defect of Heirs
of his Brothers' Body, [William and Daniel Mansergh,] (w'^'' hap-
pened about 3 years ago,) for putting out poor Boys Apprentices.
[There arc] 4 Trustees. Certif.[icd] 1722.

^g <9 K £21 K e it.i This Chappctl was

1^^ built by S^ Rob. [crt] Binlosse Bar',
who, an. [no] 1629, did by Will bequeath 20' p.[er] an.[num] to a
Preaching Min.[ister] here, to be nominated by the Lord or Lady
of Berwick ; W^ Pension was to be Paid out of an Estate at

bther, Matthew Dodaworth, was Chanoellor to Arclibisbop Hutton. Soger Dods-
worth wne a pupil here in the jaai 1&99 and 1600, of Mr. M;h?9 Dawaon, aCter-
vrarda Vicar of Bolton -le-Suide, which Living ho held bom 161S to 1625.
' TliU EsfatB now produces £125 per annuni.

' The Manor of Borwick, or Berowiclc, wna held in the fiflMnth Century by a fanuly
turned Whittington, and was purchased in Ibc early part of the reljni of Queen Glisa-
betb, by Sir Robert Bindloss Knt. a eon, or near relative, of Chri«toplier Biudloea, an
eminent dealer in Kendal cottons, Aldcnnan of that Corporation in the year 1579,
and aflcmarda knighted. Sir Robert died in 1594, aeiied of this Manor, and naa
•ucceeded by his son, Robert BindloK« Esq. SheriS" of Lancashire in IQIS, aftorwardfl
knighted, and who was sucocedcd at his death in 1629, by his grandson, Robert, aon of
Sir Francis Bindlom Knt. M.P. and of hii wife Cieeley, daughter of Thomas West,
Lord Delaware. This grandson was baplizod on the Sth of May 1624, created ft
Baronet in l&ll, and a distiDguisLed loyalist, bebg viaitod here by Charles II. in
1651. He died in 1688, leaiing by his wife Bebeeco, daughter and coheiress of
Alderman Sir Hugh Perry of I<oudon, a sole child, Cicelcy, who died on the ISth of
January 1729-30, baTing married William Standish of Stnndi«h Esq. whose son,
Ralph Standish, left issue Cecilia, eventuatly solo heiress of her bther, brothers, and
nephews. She conveyed Borwick aod Standish, by marriage, to William Tovneley
of Tonnctey Esq. whose descendant, Walter Strickland of Sizergh Esq. is the repro-
sentative of the Bindloss', the ancient Manorial owners of Borwick. — See p. 391.

The Cbapel was not built by Sir Robert Bindloss Bart, as stated in the text, bat
by his grandfather, who may be styled "Bart." by a eouitooua prolcpsis, to uses
phrase of Dr. Fuller, as this title was not coDferrcd until 1611.

In 1650 tho Farliomentar; Inquisitors stated that £20 a year was girett by Sir
VOL. II.] 4 c

562 Jioiilia CfMrtfnjSiB.

Wencedale,' York"'', and to continue as long as any of y* s"" S'
Rob''" name or blood BhaJl rcniaia L*" or Lady of Bont-ick. But
this Lordship being sold many years agoe, the Pension is dropt,
and y« Chap.[el] ia dropping. Vic'' Account out of [the] or?^.[tnfl/]
JVill, an.[no] 1720.

Title to Deacon's Orders from this Chap.[el,] an.[no] 1711.
V.[ide] Mem.[orandum] B.[ook.']

Robert BindloM Knt. docoMed, by Will, out of Mrtain Lands in Wenalejdale in
Vorksliire, called Cbam House, whilst anj of hia name and blood with Lords of Bor-
wiek ; " but the tame is withdrHwn &nd not p«id." — Pari. I^^q. Lamb, Libr. toI. ii.

About the jcar 1760, there stood on ancient DoaicstJi; Cliapul on a green near
the HoU, of which neither traco nor tradition existed b 1819, and which Dr. Whi-
takor doubled not had been industriouslj remoiist for obrious rcasoui, implying that
tha moro recent ownem being Roman Catholics, would not tolerate its eiialence.
Whitaker adda, that this ChapeL bring purely domestic, was unendowed, which,
from the text, was not [he case, aud according to the restriction of the Canon law,
without a Bull. Since the acceaeian of the Stnndish family, it ippenrs that no
Serrico was performpd at this Chapel; but in the latter end of Lady Bindloss'
days, the Vicar of Warton usually re«d Prayers and Pnached here once or twice
Bicry year, and not oftener, as the good lady ohoie rather to alford a good example,
by Bttendiug regularly at Iho Parish Church ; but in the beginning of bor husband'*
6ir Bobert'i days, it had the honour of being constantly and loatously serrcd by
Dr. Richard Sherlock ; " whose memory," says Lucas, the historian, and a naUve of
Warton, "is yet precious in this Parish." — Wliitaier's SUtmy of Rickaunidikire.

" The Estate at Wonsleydulo is not named in the Settlement of the very largo
Estates of Sir Robert Bindlosa Knt. doted the 2iHh of September in the ITth James,
on the marriage of his son, Francis Bindloss Esq. and Dorothy, daughter of Thomas
Chamoi:k of Astlcy Esq. (whose fortune was £1,600.} Lands nt Clifford in the Pa-
rish of Biinlham iu the county of York, the Manor of Little Newton in Long Pres-
ton, Lands in Settle, Airton, Oiggleswick, Ac., parcel of the Mauor or Forest of
Oisbum, also Messuages at Eshton in Croicn, Nether Hcselden, Lyttondole, and
in Ckatopp and Ribhlesdate in the county of York, lately purchased by Sir Robert
of one Richard Pulley and Ha Francis D'Arey £nt,, and Monors, Reietories, Lands
in Laneosbire, are described and settKil. Amongst the remainder men mentioned
are, Richard, son of Robert Bindloss, hitu of Strnlfunl in the Bow deceased -, Peter,
eldest son of Christopher Bindloss of Sloynlon in the county of Westmoreland,
yeoman; and Robert, second son of the said Christopher BmdloES. — J^ac. MSS.
vol xxi«.

Srantrn of Ktnttal.

]^ miEKnailE,' Certif.[ied] 5' p.[er]
E^ an. [uum,] paid by [the] Vic.[ar] out
of [the] Pens, [ion] allowed by [the] D.[ean] and Chap.[ter] of
Worcester, and mentioned in some Leases to y" Tenant of y'
Tyths. [The] Vicar used to Preach here once a mouth. He
scruples sometimes to pay this Pension to a distinct Curate.

■ Patron Ssitit uuliDown. Yolue In 183-1, £17. Bogiatcrs at WsTton.

SiUenialo appeftTB at im early period to linvo biMQ a member of Yealand Conjeri
aud Yealnnd Bodmayne, which origiDollj formed one distriet, ealled Yealaad, held io
the 18th Henrj III. by Adam de Yelland ; and in the Tata de NecilV it i» recorded
that Matthew de Redmayne aud Robert de Kyneyeca held the eighth part of a knight's
fee in Yehind, of the fee of William de lanrastcr, the King's tenant in chief. Thi«
record nhonii the origin of the additions to the name Yealand. In the time of
Edward I. the jurors presented that the Township of Yoaland, with its members,
ought to appear before the Justices Itinerant by four men anil a rc«te, and that tba
hamlet of Calvcrdale, (SilTerdale,) which they say is a member of the same Township,
ought to find two of the said men, but that tho Prior of Kcrtmoll and Isolda de
Croft, Lord and X<ady of the aald hamlet, prercutod theic men from coming in that
form. Tho Court, in this case, discharged leolila, who denied tho truth of the itate-
nient, and fined the Prior, a^judgiug (hat his men should appear before the Justicea.
Isolds, daughter of Robert Conyen, married William de Croft, who became Lord of
Yealand Conyors, and his eon, Roger Craft, marrying Elizabeth, sister and coheiresa
of John, son of Adam R«dmayue of Yealand, added Yealand Redmayne to his Estate.
This property descended to Kieholas Croft of Dalton Esq. in 1428, and his son. Sir
Janiee Crofl, left two daughters and coheiresses ; Mabel, married to Piers Legh of
Lyme Esq. and Alison, married to OooSij Middleton, afterwards of Leighton and
the two Yealands. His descendant. Colonel Oeorge Middleton, was created a Baronet
in 1G12, and died in 1673, aged SCTenty-four, leaving issue Mary, his sole heiress,
married to Somerford Oldfleld Esq. son and heir of Sir Philip OldBeld of Somerford
in the county of Cbcsler, whose son, Oeorgo Middleton OldReld Esq. left two daugh-
ters and eoheircBsn, the elder of whom was married to Albert Hodgson Esq. who
was implicated in the Rebellion ol 1715, and who had Leigiiton Conyers as his wife's
portion. He liied at Leighton in ITIO, which was couTeyed by his daughter and
coheiress, Ann, in marriage, to Oeorge, a yonnger son of Charles Towncley of
Towncley Esq. His nephew and dcrisee, John Towncley, sold the Hall and Estate
tor £38,000, to Mr. Warwiek, a banker, who afterwards conyeyed it by sale to Robert
Gillow Esq.

Silierdole is returned as a Chantry in a List of those foundations in 1&48, depend-
ent upon Cartmol Monastery. In 1050 the Farliamenlnry Inquisitors report that
'ISilrerdah; Chappcl is Rvc milei from the Parish Church, It hath no njunk'Diuce

fiM ^titta erotrintsfit.

This Chap. [el] was Built upon j* old Foundation an. [no] 1680.

Sev.[eral] of y* Inhab. [itants] in 1690 aay they remember
Divine Service performed in it every Sund.[ay,] Forenoon and
Afternoon, for 60 y. [ears] Baekwards. Pap. Reg.

Nomination of a person to read Prayers here and at y" Alms-
house, by [the] Feoflees or Wardens of y" Alms-h. [ouse,] an. [no]
1686. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

at oil, but y' poor Ichabitaats are forced lo bjrc a poor Minister for tvonty Noble*
per ODD. and tbey praj for a aetllod maiuteDance for a preaching Minitter, uid that
the towu of Ljndeth maj be aunf led to them, which thej of Ljndelh alsos desire." —
Farl. Iitq. Lamb. Libr. The ChRpcl was rebuilt in 1679-80, and agun jc 182S. The
Vicar of Warton appoints the Curat«.

I conclude these Parochial Notea with the following touching and d«?p1y inlorrat-
ing letter addreased to Bishop Oaatrell b; the Perpetual Cnratc, n-ho held, hy a
ladicroud mieDomer, the Liriag of Silrerdale; aod I am not Borr; that it has been
prceerved, aa it cannot fail to awaken the grstitude of a large bodj of the Clergy
in this Diocese for the improreniont which has taken place, notwithatanding their
still narrow Incomea and laborious Cures : —

"Mr LosD,

" I am told that OUT Chappelry has aolicited j' Lordship in their and
mj behalf. It will be in Not' next four jears since I had an]' thing, more or less, for
my aervicea thore, that ao, what for want of a Salary and the eonsiderable Iobb I hsTB
Lad in mj personal Estate, if the poor Stipend cannot be recovered I must be forced
for want of maiDtonanco to leavo the place, — which I had done two yearn sinoe but
purely for Charity's eakc, knowing the great neecsaity of Dirine Serricc there, being
so remote from the Pariah Churrh, besides the great difficulty of the way, both by tho
daily overflowing of the Sea floods and the breaking up of Grounds to the very Rocks,
which haa made the antient way not ptuaable : Xheac considerations have obliged roe to
continae so long as I have done. All I deaire is (for myadf and poor Family) bread to
eat, and lajmoul to put on ; but the place will ananer neither. 1 humbly begg your
Lordship so to compaasionnto mj present Circumstances as to put me into a place
Ibe first opportr that falls, where I may, with Ood'a blesBing, lire without bringing >
scandal lo my Religion, — for as I see by daily eiperionce, tho poverty of a Clergy-
man gireth an occasion, next to a vicious life, both to unthinking people of o* own
Com'unity, as to peraODs of different persuasions. The time was when I had, under
Sod, Frienda, as in particular the R' Ret"'' D' Stratford, one of y' Lp'a predecessors,
whose several Letters, of his own hand, I hate by %ao; also the Bev°^ D' Fenton,
besides others of distinction ; but they have put ofT mortality, and I linger on in Ibe
Church militant. That so unless your Lordship will be graciously pleased effectually
lo use y' power and authority in o' behalf, I ^hall not only fall, but what I more de-
plore, ibis Chappelry will in a httle time be, where I found it, bigotted lo Quakerism.

Qtanrr^ of BntOal. 565

[A] Curate [was] Licensed to this Chap. [el] an. [no] 1691.
Suba.[criptioti\ B.{ook.']
2 m.[iles and] 4 from [the] Par.[ish] Church.
No Chap, [el] Warden.
No School.

ar. SfierlotS, Eector of Winwick, gave £25, [the] Iiit.[erest e^jaritu.
of wliich to be given] to the Poor.

Mj Lord, mj henrt a full, and I will odd no more. Bare that I am your Ldp's most
dutifiill SoQ, and humblest Serv'.

(Signed) Jaues Axeihboii."

"To the Kight Bev'" Fathar in Gbd, Francifl,

Lord Biahop of Chester,
These to bo left at Christ's Collego, in Oiford.
Post Pajd J''."
This Letter had not been disregarded by the eicellent Prelate to whom it wal
addressed, and although I am nnsble to state the exact result of the application made
in faTOur of this patient and pious man, who (at least) I (ear was rightly ityled
"Perpetual Curate," an initiatory step was taken by the Bishop, as Mr. Joseph
Lambert, in a letter to his Lordship, dated Kendal, 12th Nov. 1710, anja, — "Aalo
the Cbappall of Silverdale the Lease of the H«ctory of Warton is granted to myselfe,
reaerring a Bent of £110 per ann, payable to the Chuteh of Worcester, and £30
per ann. to the Viear of Warton. TSo provision at all is made therein for the Curate
of Silverdale, nor is he once named therein. 1 have hovercr, for nigh 20 years last
past, paid £5 per ann. to that Curate, which was always allowed me in part of the
Ticar's Stipend, till Mr. Aylmer came to the Living, which be bas refus'd to allow,
and 10 the poor Curate gets nothing. If the Dean and Chapter of Worcester wou'd
interpose in this aflUr, it wou'd best put an end to it." — GMtrell's MBS. Segulty,

of iltci)nuinti*

X^masj^frr.

CmncH
*rf.-»t.aoj. „^„,___^_^

'""'"' " "' aiRCiH^ti/ IN FciiNEs D.

[eanery.] The Priory of St, Mary
of Kcrtmell was Founded by WillUm
Mareschall in y reign of B.. [ichardj I,
for Canons of St. Aug. [ustine,] and lie
gave them his Land at KertmeU, with
the Church and Chappells.
Val. [ue] at [the] Dissol. [utionj

911. C-S^. 3IS. Eb.[or.']

V.[ide] Charter of Foundation by \Vill.[iam] Mareschall, E.

[arlj of Pembroke. Dug.[dale'a] Mon.laslicon,] v.[ol.] 3, p. 801.

■ WilliaLin Mareecbal tbe elder, Earl of Pembroke, founded in the jear 11S8, m
Friorj at Cartmel, dedicated to St. Marj, for Cuiodb Begular of tbe Order of St
Augustine ; and it wsa proiided that the Priorj ahoiild n^er be eleiated to the dig-
nity of ui Abbry. The fouudcr cndoved this object of hia boly lesl vith all hi*
landl in Cartmel, wMcb constituted the Manor, and inclnded the right of Saheiy tti
the Eaen, together with tbe Church of Bslisar or Balisai, and ita Chapel of Bllniui-
dan, tbe town and Church of Kinroas in Irelaod, and all that tbercunto appertained.
He sfWwardi gKTs the Church of Cartmel, which waa confirmed bj Charter in tha
17th John.

At the Disaolution, the Manor of Cartmel waa annoied to the poaaeaaioni of
the Duchy of Lancaater ; and the Priory and demeane lauda were traiufoiTcd by tbe

JMonaHttttcti, Sit. in njt Srtf)t)tAconrs of ttirdntonO. !H>7

[ 0C3t£ltS9NS,i NEAR CocKERHAM, Abbcy of St. Mary; %h.

I Pounded in y- Ueign of Rich.[ard] 1, by Theobald Walter, ^""""^•
for Canons of [the] Prcm.[onstratensian] Order, who gave y" the
Haye of Pyliiig for y' Seat; and y" Abbey of Leicester granted
y"" the place in v^^ the Hosp.[ital] of Cockersand was scituato to
build y" an Abbey. MS- Eb.[or.]

Val.[ue] at [the] Diasol. [ution,] 157'.14'-00i''.

Earls of Dcrbj and Suisci, the Kiog's Commieiioiiera, in the 82d Hearj VIII.
lo Sir Tiioma! Hoh^roft, and, aftoc some meaoB ponTejaiuMB, tbcj wore bought in
1609, bj George Preston of Holker Esq. and arc now held b; bii rciinueiitatiTD, tho
Bigbt Hon. the Enrl of Burlington. Few Tmtiges of the Priory remain. It appoan
to hoTc comprised on area of about twontj-two statute aenn, Tbo Prior]' Qalflwajr,
a darlc, aged fabric, reiting upon a deep Arch decorated irilb rib-work, still oiiat*.
The interior of the arch, beneath the Boor, is groined. The faundDtioua uf the I'rlory
are discoverable at Bcveral points. The Parish Church was formerly tbe Chureh uf

b -Iho Priory. A tIcw of it may bo setm iu Wbitakcr's HUlory of Wkalliy, Bd od.

I The founder married in 1189, Isabct dc Clare, the great bciress of Riuhard, Eart of
Pembroke, with whom ha actjuired that Earldom j and afterwords tbe Crown eon-
ferred upon him Ihe wbolo Province of Lcinster in Ireland. Ife had tbe ebi«f
Qoremment of Enghmd during ihe eailj part of Ihe reign of his kinsman 'Keary III.
and waa no less distinj^iBbed by his wisdom in the Council, and Talour in Ibe (Mil,
than bj hia piety and attachmont to the Chiueh.

I The fSnt mention of this House is in a Charter of William do LsWMter, in Ilia
time of Houy II. who granted to Hugh, a hermit, the place of Aslulcros and Croh,
with bis fishery upon the Loyne, to mainlain a Hospital, nnder tlio goremmmt of a
Prior, dedicated to St. Uary, and aubordinale (o the Abbey of Leioesler. About the
year 1X9C!^ this Priory was changed into sn Abbey of Prvmonstratensian Canons,
■od Tbeobabl Walter, brother of Hubert Walter, Archbisbop of Cuiterbury, grwilal
to tbe Prior tbe Mow of PiDing as the i>ite foe an Abbcj ; bat whether ba boiU, OT
only deaigBcd to build the Abbey at Pilling, Is dunbtfii), lu tbe Abbot of LgineaUr
gBTC the site, and ■ licence to constrnrt an Abbey at C-okenand, which was oonArmad
tgr Pope Clement m. Iliia was a very EsTourile Abbey and rii^h in pioiu bewAo-
ton^ ■■ in tb* SDIh Edward L it appeared in a qvt tcarrmU^ that tbe Abbot daimad
*—*-'- fcodal ^irileges in ninety-one places. In point of rercnne it nnbd th*
tUfd aimw^ lite Beligions House* of l^ncaahire. I have in uy posaeaaion a nOnM
KoQ oo^aming the Bental of this Abbe?, ^ide ty Jian Oypton, tbe Cellmr, ia
U(a.freaiAMi it appHn that the Btmm had Ire hndnd and tea teoaata. Is
<plae»«,iBtlwawmliaaof Tmr— tWMdTwfc. Part of Ihe >tM na

568 i9«ttlia ^EBtrtntBts.

Surrendred by [the] Abbot and 22 Monks. MS. Co«.[on.]
V.[ide] Dug.[dale'8] Mon.[aaticon,] v.[ol.] 2, p. 631.

Pope Clement, an. [no] 1190, granted y' tliia a** be called the
Mon.[astcry] of St. Mary of y' Order of Prenaons. [tratenses,] at
Cockersand. Diiff.[dale,^ v.[ol.] 2, p. 036.

[The] Priory of Cockersand in Lane, [asliire,] founded by Ra-
nulph Meschinea, val.[ue] 229. Steph. v.[ol.] 2, p. 10, out of
Reynerus, p. 209.

f 0XEX©S1f?£l^ieSI,' NEAR Ulverbton. This Priory or

i Hospital! of St. Mary was founded by Will.[iam] de Lan-

At the Dissolution, the Abbej cootnined twcntj-two religious, fiflj-acTen ser-
TftDt*, and irns worih, socording to Dugdule, £157. 14«. per unnum, and acoording
to Speed, £228. Bs. 4d.

Tliis Abbcj, by the capricious favour of the King, was restored after ils Diaaolu-
tion, but oulj filiated two jears, nhen it wna ngaiu dissulved and leased by the
Crown to John and Sobert Oarilaer of Filling, at a rent of £73. 6>. 8d. per annum ;
and io the S5lh Henry Yin. tbe site was granted to John Kitchen of Hatfield in
Hertfl. afterwards of Pilling Hall Eaq. M.P.

Leland mistook the Order of tbe House. He says, " tbens to Cokeraand, ut Abbey
of Ciitercieniei, about half a mile oS, standing vcri blokelj an object to all Wynddes.
One William of Lancaster was Founder of that Houae about King Henri tbe 3
ITyme." — Itinerary, toI. v. p. to. 8*, p. 83.

' The Priory of Coningeshered was originally an Hospital supposed to hare been
founded by Qabriel de Feniiigton Ent. tor the rohef of poor, decrepit, indigent per-
sons, and lepers, with the consent of William de Lancaster, Lord of tbe Manor of
UlTerston and Kendal. The fouader gave the Hospital to Ood and &I. Mary; and
William de Lanoaster endowed it with all the Lands on both sides of the road which
leads from Bardsea to Ulierston, and from the great road to Trinkcld to tbe sea-
banks, logetbcr with the Church of Ulverston, and its Chapels : and the Monks, in
their pious benayolence, eonyerled the Hospital into a Priorj of the Order of St.
Augustine, and took the oharge of the poor, and administered their posseaaious. In
this new management, howeTer, no injury was done to the objects of the first charity,
who continued to be provided for in the House. Other additions were subsequently
made to their poaaeasions. In the 27th Henry VIII. tbe Priory of Cooiahcad fell
among the smaller Houses. At this time there waa a Prior and seven Canons, so that
they had declined in numbers, as in the year 1200 Ihoj had been restricted by tlie
Honks of Furneas to thirteen. The goods, cbaltels, lead, «nd timber were sold for

|i(ona»tPrit«, Hit. in t^t arcfiSeaconr^ of Ktc{|inonO. 569

caster for Bretlireii of the Aug. [ustinian] Order, who gave them the
Church of Ulverston, with ita Chappells, and 40 Acres of Land.

This Priory stood in y" Pariah of Ulverston, about 2 short m.
[iles] from y« town, but there are hardly any ruins of it to be per-
ceived at present, an. [no] 1722.

It was founded in K. [ing] Steph'' time : after y* Diss, [olution,]
by H.[enry] 8, thia Priory was given to L'^ Paget for some signall
Services done to y" Crown, who gave it to y* Family of y* Dod-
dings, and is lately come to Mr. BraddyU, who married y" Ilciresae
of that Fara.[ily.] Certif [ied] an. [no] 1722.

Val.[uel at [the] Dissol. [ution,] 97i-0O-2^. MS. £fi.[or.]

£333. 69. Sid. and the Cbarcb of Conuhcad was d«molubed, but m 1S23 its lite wu
dUcorerod, and it nppearB &om ttie romaina of seraral piUarB, and otliur fragmenU, to
luTe been of considerable magnitude.

In tbe 30th Uenrj VIII. the House, it« demesnes and Manor, were leased b; the
Crown to Thomaa, areoDd Lord Monteaglo ; and in the Ist Edward TI. were con-
Tejed to the Right Hon. Willimti Paget, and bis heirs, to be held of the King b;
military eenieu. The year following, with the King's licence, ho transferred bis lease
to John Msebell and William his sou, who, in the succeeding jear, sold the site of the
Friorj to William Sandys of Coltan Hail Esq. 1Ii» son, Francis Sandjs Esq. dying
in the 25th Blizabetb, bequeathed tbe Uauor of Conishcad Prior; to bis two slaters
in half blood — Margaret, tbe wife of Miles Dodding Esq. and Barbara, the wife of
Miles Phiiipson Esq. ; but tbe share of the lattor was subsequently obtained by pur-
i:base, in the Tth Charles I. by Oourgu Dodding Esq. grandson of Miles Uodding.
Eii desoendant, Sarah, daughter and heiress of Miles Dodding Esq. convoyed this
large Estate to her husband, John, son and heir of Thomas BraddyU of FortSuld in
the Parish of Whaltej Esq. who died on the I9th of April 17'U, aged suTentyolght,
and whose graDdsoQ, Thomas Bntddyll Esq. dying s.p. on the 26tli of July 1776,
devised it to his cotuin. Colonel Wilson Qole, Otoom of the Bedchamber, who
assumed the surname of BraddyU, and died in 1818. Ue waa the eldest son of Johu
Gale of Whitehaven Esq. by liis wife, Sarah, daughter and coheiress of Christopher
Wilson of Bardsea HaU Esq. who married Morgnret, second daughter of John Brad-
dyU Esq. and Sarah Dodding, He was succeeded by his son, the present Ttumoa
Riehmond Qale BraddyU Bsq. Lieut. Colonel of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot
Guards.

The Priury was rc-edifled in the middle of the eighteentb century ) but in 1821 tbe
whole was taiien down and restored in a splendid style of EUiabethao architecture,
under the direction of Wyutt.

Whitaker observes, with bis usual force of dceeriplion, that the situation of the
Priory was most useful for the purposes of boijulality, and that many k shiTeiing and

vol.. n.] i n

570 Jiotitia errfttrirneia.

V.[ide] Confirmation of all Grants to this Priory by Edw.[ard]
2^. Dug[dale'a] Mon.[cisHcon,] v.[ol.] 2, p. 424.

. '^^ aiKNIES,' IN Dalton Parish. This Abbey of St. Mary
^^ waa Founded by Stephen, E.[arl] of Eoleign, (after w. [ards]
K.[ing] Stephen,) an.[no] 1127, [and] 26 H,[enry] 1, in a place
of y* Vale called Eekangesgill ; or (as another old Book hath it}
an.[no] 1124, in Aundimesse in a place called Tultet, from

half-drowned iidypiiturec over the Sands would roouro tlie time, when thrao hos-
pitable doors Here closed for erer against distress and want. The lituBtlon ia b«tin'
tifiil, but in DO degreo chnracteristio of the features which were usuallj cboson for
monastic retircmeut. For here is no deep raUi'y, no gloomy soclusioQ from the
cheertol riews of suironnciiiig Nature ; but a upacioua nnd fertile domain, raried by
aitomate elBvations nnd depressiora, together with woods of fine growth and great
extent, affording pajtial ticws of tlio groat Bay (of Morecombe,) and the mountains
which BUiTOimd it. After this glowing eulogy, the writer, with a fond partiality for
Whalley, which ncrer forsook him, imagined Ihat the oharma of Portfield might
have reasonably occasioned a struggle in the propriolor who abandonod it, c»en for
Conishcsd.

' At Domesday Surrey, Fnmesa was in the possessiOD of the Crown, and was after-
wards awarded to Stephen, Earl of Bologne, who conferred the Lordship and Iho
greater part of the district an the Abbey of St. Mary, the Monks of which had
remoTod from their temporary abode at Tulket, to a deep secluded Talley, about
a mile to the South of Dalton, called the BekansgiU, or "Vale of Nightshade,"
from a plant found here, a branch of which is engrsven on the ancient Seal of the
Pralemily of Furneas. The Abbey was founded on the nones of July in the year
1187, by a body of Cistercian Monis, with Ewan de Albriucis, their first Abbot,
at their head. The Brotherhood were affiliated with the Monasteiy of SaTign^ in
Normandy, tad on their Brrival in England in 1124, seated themselves in a mo-
Dastio foundation at Tolket near Preston, until this site was obtained and the Sanc-
tuary built. Of the contention respecting precedence between this Abbey and that
of Waverlej in Sussex, also of the Cistercisji Order, the annalist of Waverley has
preserved a minnte account. FumEss was eventually rocanciled to the Mother
Church of SavignS, and thenceforth became Cistercian, but it waa detonnined that
the Abbot of Fumees should have precedence through all the houses of elfmosyna in
England, and the Abbot of Wavcrtt^ in the Chapters of the Abbots throngh
England, with a superiority over the whole Order,

The Charter uf King Stephen, which conferred immense possessions and almost
regal power upon the Abbots, waa confirmed by Henry I. and Henry II, by Richard I.
John, and Henry in. ; and lubsequent Monarehs granted now privileges, and con-

iKonanttricn, iit. in t^e arcl)Oraconr? of Kiclimonti. 571

whcDce it was, 3 years after, removed to Bekankesgill, [It was]
Burrendred by [the] Abbot and 30 monks to H.[enry] 8.

Val.[ue] at [the] DiBsol. [ution,] 805'-16».05''. MS. Eb.lor.]

This Abbey had two [three] Cells of Monks in Ireland,^ and

was y* Mother of Caldra,^ Swyneshead,* Wethney,^ and Ruasin^

[ail] Rel.[igious] Houses planted by her. V.[ide] Dug. [dale's]

Mon.[asticon,] t.[o1.] 1, p. 705.

It is sitnatcd in a Valley about a mile fro Dalton.

flmuHl former grsuts, to this House. In magnitude and opulence it vaa the next to
Fountains, which wbs tbo nioet eplendid establiahment beloDging to the CisterciHia
in England.

' ErjnBpb, founded in 1126, by a King of Ulater, wid sfterwnrds tranBliitod by
John do Couroj to Tnes in 1180, and eabjected to FurneBS. BtUo Becco, founded
and eudowed by Walter de latacj, who tnuuferred the Estate, by Licence of Ednud
HI. to the Abboy of Fnrncss. And Arkel, founded by Theobald Walter, BuUar of
Ireland, and by liim given to Fumeas.

' " Caldcr, or Caldra, in Copoland Deanry, 3 miles from Egremond, and 8 mile*
&om WbitehsTen, Co, Cumb,, of thu Cisterc. Order, founded by Banulph Meaebinea
an. 1134, who gace thcrounto the Land of Caldra with its app" iu which the Abbey
Btood, to which were appropriated ailerwsrds the Churches of Beckermet, viz. S<
Bridget's and S' John's. The Abbey was situated in a Talley, close by the River Cal-
der, whence it had its name. In 1722 the ruini bdicated that it bad been a spo-
cioua stnicturo. VaL at Disa. 60i.09'.03i'." — Dug. 3foB. T. 1, p. 774. Old Beg.
JV.X, and MS. Eh. Bp. GastreU's MS. Sofilia, p, 135, ia Ihe Bfffittry, Chetlar.

* Swinefihesd in Lincolnshire vas founded in 1134 by Robert Grealey, and the
landa confirmed to the Church of St. Mary and tbo Mouks there^ by Henry TI.
Valued at Ihc Dissolution at £159, 19b. lO^d, per niiDum.

' Wethney is probably meant for Whittern Abbey in Gftllowny, the Abbot being a
Baron of Man, and holding lands there on condition of attending the Eings and
Lords, of that Island.

° The Abbey of St. Mary of Kushen in the tale of Man was founded by OUtb,
Lord of Haa and the Isles, and given by him in 1131 to the Abbot of Fumcss as a
nnrsery to the Church ; hence the Abbots had a voice id the appointment of the Ab-
bot of Itushen, and it baa been thought the right, at one time, of electing the Biabop,
being a sort of Chapter to his Diocese, It consisted of the Abbot, who was an Be-
clesiastieal Baron, and twelve Mouks. Some of the Kings of Man were buried at
Tnraef».^HiitoiyofHeIileofMaii,pf. 196-326, «o, 1783.

According to Dugdale, the revenue of the Abboy of Furncsa at the Dissolution in
1G37, was £S05. 16b, 5d. per annum, but according to Speed, £766. 7b, lOd. exclusive
of the woods, meadows, paatures, and fisheries, retained by the Monks in their own
bands, and which enabled them to eurcise, notwithstanding the evils of the monastic

572 ^otitia Ccnmrnsis.

The mediety of y* Manour of Ulverston was given to this Mou.

[astery] by y* Founder. MS. Eb-lor.]

The Enins of tliis Men. [astery] appear at this day very stately
and magnificent. The Demain lands are worth near lOOC p-[er]
an. [num,] and belong to S' Tho. [mas] Lowther of Holker, and y
other Estates are very considerable. Certif.[ied] an. [no] 1722.

This Mon. [astery] was first Inatitnted after y Order of Savigni.
Steph. v.[ol.] 2, p. 254, out of Neuatna pia, p. 683.

■jBtem, B wue sod almoBt princel; hospitslitj, the loas of whioh mnit hsTS been
bilterlj Icit b; the whole distrirt.

lu the rcign of Qaeon Eliiubpth, the iiita and demesne lundi of the Abbey were
bonght by John Preston of Preeton Fntrick Esq. wbo maJe this Abbe; his fatore
residcQce. — See pp. 511-613. From this time it continued in (be Preston (amilT,
and WM hold in 1674, by Sir Thomas Prarton, being then worth i:3,000 a year. Sir
Thomas haTing do iesue, becoming a Soman Catholic, and entering into a Religi-
ous Ordpr, and that "ono of the meanest," according to Dr. Leigb, {Not. Hat. of
La»c. p. E8,) granted away all hia Estite to suporslitioiu uses, to the prejudice of
Thomaa Pre«ton Esq. the heir, whom he had failed to porert from Froteatantiim.
This bring known, after an eipanaire Suit in the Exchequer, tho Grant to Superati-
tioos Uses waa aToided, and the Estates fell to the Crown, Charles II. granting tbem
in lease to the «ud Thomas Frceton £n). for soren years, at an annual rent of £400.
Jamoi II. aflerwards gsTe the reTeraion of the said Abbey possesaions to Romish
purpoaesi but this Qrant was also annulled, and the Inheritance being reinnested in
the CrowTi, a lease of it waa again granted by William and Mary, in 1G89, to the
said heir-at-law. Eatherine, daughter and heiress of the aajd Thomas PrestOD Ssq.
married Sir WillJBm Lowther Rart. who died in April 1706, lesTing ■ son and heir.
Sir Thomas Lowther Sart. a minor, whose rights w<Te again jeopardised and not
flied until George I. by an Act of Parliament, conveyed the Fee of the Abbey and ita
Lands to him, and his heira. In 1719 tho Park contained Bed, Fallow, and White
Deer \ and the ruins of the Abbey aro described as being veiy considerable and mag-
niflcont. — Lane, MSS.

The mine compriao tlie ConTcntual Church, which ia two hundred and seventy-GTO
feet from East to West, the Chapter House, which ia sixty feet by forty-five, and the
Hall and Scliool-hausc, occupying altogether about siit^-llre acres. The architeoture
is Norman and Early English. — Bock's Hat. of Fumen Abbey.

What H wonderful thing an Abbey ia I Here in tho lonely solitude a building
equal io aiie and magniGccnoe to some of our Cathedrals, is raised to the honour of
God ! What an astoDishing fiict, that any set of mcu ehoold raise this mighty Tem-
ple in the wildcmoBs, and devote their Utcs in performing sacred Bcrrice* ; and how
•till nior<> ai^lunishing that, when once built, any generation of men should be found
to barbarous k^ to dcatroy it '. — Grealey'a Co«iiio<i Eall, p. 88, 1846.

^onattttttett, Sec. in ^t ^xtVOtacontP of Ric^monli. 573

tfK SlNCaSZriB.' This Priory of St. Mary was Founded by 5rL Wim,
SS Roger, E.[arl] of Poictiers, who made it a Cell to St. Arartin *^"'*'
de Sagio or Saycs in France, and gave them y" Church of St.
Mary at Lancaster, and part of y" Town from y" old wall to y*
Prest-gate, and y^ Grove as farre as Freibrok, The Chappells
of Caton, GresBingham, Overton, and Stalmine belonged to it
an. [no] 1246.

It was ordered by Pope Innocent an. [no] 1336, that y* Abbey
of Sayea should receive 2 parts of y" Tyth Com in y* Parish of
Lancaster, and of Pulton and Biscopheym ; and [that] y 8^ part
thereof sh'' belong to y" Abbey of Cockcrsand.

Afterwards this Priory Alien was given to y* Mon.[astery] of
St. Bridget of Syon, Founded by H.[enry] 5. V.[ide] MS. Eb.
[or.] Dug. [dale's] Mon.\asticon^ v.[ol.] 1, p. 566.

' Soon after the Conquest, Boger, Earl of PoiotietB, founded a Priory here, which
he Bnnexed to the Abbe; of 8t, Martin of Seoa in Normandy, bating eudovied il
irilh the Churcbcs of Lancaster, Hcjaam, CotgroaTO, Cropill, Wilolaj, Croaton, the
modietj of Ajcleton, ThjdewcU, Freaton, K^rkhnm, Mellyngee, and Bolton. He
garc in Agmundemee, the Chorch of Pulton, and diTsra Titben and Lands, to the
honour of Ood and St. Mai;, for protbion for the Moulu who celebrated in tbe
■amo Monoatorj to freely; that the Mocks, and their men, ihouM perform no H<ru-
lar Bcrrice to him, or bi« suoceaBors, at any time ; and that none of hia hein
ebould have power orer them, either to take away any thing, or to impose any mil-
torn upon them.

Thia ChaMer wu confirmed by King John, at York, March 26lh 1200.

iiiler the defection of Boger, Earl of Poictiers, hni poaseaaioiu being ooofiBCated
were conferred upon tbe Earlii of Choatcr, and Banulpb, Earl of Chester, confirmed
to the Priory tho donation* of Earl Roger. Afterwarda, Roger do Montbegon added
the Chapel of Oueraingbam ; Waren de Waleton, the Patronage of Eccleadeae i John
de la Ware, the Advowaon of Cro»ton i and Sir Roger Gernct of Halton, the Advow-
■on of Ecclcf ton. OeofiVey de Baliata and William le Stalmyne resigned all their right
in the Chapel of Statmjne. In 1Z46 tbe Atuhdcacon of Richmond granted a liocnoe
to the Priory for the approprialtoa of Lancaster Church, and the Cbapeli named in tho
text, together with the mediety of tbe Cburch of Foulton, and the Chapel of Biipham.
In llX4r Henry V. auppreasod the Alien Monaateries, and this Benedictine Priory wai
given to the Abbey of Sion, to which it remained a Cell until the DiaeolutioD. In
1540 it wae granted lo Sir Thomas Holcrofl, bat paaaed ihortly afterxardi to John
Riginadcn. — See p. 481.

574 Jiotitia ffcfttricnsift.

[ ST l,aN«aftZtS[U' This Hosi).[ital] was Founded by K.

i [ing] John, and consisted of one Waster, one Chaplain, and
nine poor people, whereof three were Lepers, the other sound,
every one of which had one Loaf a day, weighing the eighth part
of a Stone, and Pottage three dayes in the week.

This Hospital! was, by John, Duke of Lancaster, granted to
the Priory of Seton in Cumberland. V.[ide] Dug. [dale's] Mon.
[asticon,'] v.[ol.] 1, p. 482.

^gl YJTSajtt.' This was a CeU to Durham. Tlich.[ard] Fitz
g^g Roger granted to God, St. Mary, and St. Cuthbert, and the
Prior and Monks of Duncbn, all hia Land at Lytham, (viz. 2
Carucats,) together w"" y" Church there, to build thereon a House
of their own Order, the Prior and Monks of which should be
appointed and removed by the said Convent at their pleasure, w*""
Grant of 2 Canicata of Land was Confirmed to them by K. [ing] t
John. MS. Eb.lor.'] V.[ide] Charter of Edw,[ard] 3. Dug.
[dale's] Mon.lasHcon,] v.[ol.] 1, p. 499.

[The] CeU at Lethorae val.[ued at] 60'. MS. L.

' King John, trhen Earl of Morton, founded Ihig Hospital ; and in tho 4th Henry
ni. the lepers were alloncd piitare for their cattle, fuel, and timber for their build-
ings in llio King's Forest of Lounilmdalc, The Hospital was rery poor, and tho
allowance per daj of one pound twclre ounces of broad, to each individual, with pot-
tage on Sundays, Wednesdays, and FridsyB, wan not veiy luxurious.

Eonrf , (not John,) Buks of Lancaster, by Charter dated PreetoD, 1357, granted
this little Hospital to the Priory of Seton, otherwise Lekelay in Cumberland, which
WH too poor to support its Prioress and Nuns. In this Grant ho included the
Chantrf of tho Hospital, if his Biirgesaea of Lancaster would agree to It. The pos-
sessions of SctoD were valaod at the Dissolution at £12. 13s. 0|d. per annam.

five burgages in Lancaster, and aiitecn acres of land called the " Nun's Field," of
the annual valiio of £3. 5d. wore sold by the Crown, in 1556, to John Dodding.

The discOTBty of a Crossed Tomb-stone, and Beveral human skeletons, in 1811,
Bia the site of this Hospital at the Easlcm eitrcmity of St, Leonard's Gate,
Lancaster.

I The Priors of Lytham were wholly dependent on tho Pureut House of Durham,
and were remoyaWe at the Will of the Priors of Durham, who wero tho Maoerial
owners of Lytham from the twelfth emturj. Pope Eugonius, by Bolieitation,

jnonaBtcrits, &r. in tlie 9rri)Deaconru of KicIimonO. 575

}^& it £ £ ^ <!9 K.' [A] Mon.fastery] of Franciscans, Grey #lnn./rait.
SiJsJ Friers, or Friers Minor. The principall Founder of w''
was Edw.[ard,] son to H.[em7] 3; Contrib. [utors,] S' Rob.[ert]
Holland, and one Preston. Lel.[and'a] IHn.

^jf88 3Hti!r®N.' Adjoining to y« Vic.[arage] House are y» ERIarton.
g^g Ruins of a building w*'' seems to have been a. small Relig.

issued n Bull in 1443, bj whioli the Prior of Lftham and his eacvcsaore, wore made
perpetual Priora j and in the 23d Honrj VJ, Lettere PalCTit eontdining a pardon for
application to the Papal See, operated in confirmation of tbo Bull. The coQDDCtion,
howcrer, did not sbeolutelj cea«e to exist, for the po9Si»eianB of tho two Eouaea
were TBluod togcttier, and the eitf, coll, and domains of Ljtham, were granted in the
Zd Marj to Sir Thomas irolerofl, bj pnrccl of the possessions of tha Priory of Dor-
hun. Sir John Holnott sold the Manor and AdTowson in 1606, to the anoestor of
the present owuCT, Thomas Clifton of Ljtham Esq. — Son p. 447.

■ FrcBtOD had two Monastic Institutions ; first, an Hospital, dedicated to St. Marj
Hsgdalcu, mentioned in tbo Lincoln Taxation of 1291. Tbts Hospital, snrrounded
bj > moat, stood in the Maudlands on tbo eminence nov occupied by Tultictb Hall,
and vas used a» a temporary reaidence for the Cistercian Monlis while their magDifl-
cent Abbey of Purnesa was building. It was abandoned in 1127. The other wO* B
Franciscan Convent of Grey Friars, built by Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, son of
Henry III. in 1221, to which Sir Robert Holland, who inipeachad Thomas, Earl of
Lancaster, of High Treason wsa a considerable bonefkctor, and was buried hero.
Sir Robert was the Founder of the Friorj- of Holland. Leluid mentions that "the
Gfoj Frecres eollego in the North- West side of tbo Tonne of Preston in Amundrenes,
was sett in j" aoilo of a gentilman caullid Prestun, dwellioge in y* Touno sclfe of
Proatun, and a Brother or Sonn of hia conHrroed tbo first graunt of the aite of j°
House ; and one of these two waa after a great man of posaosaiona, and Tieount of
GnrmaatOD, aa I hard aay, in Ireland. Dirers of the Prcstons were buryed yn tbii
Houie, and the Shirbums and Daltuna, gontibnon." — Jti». toI. W. p. 32.

In the 32d Henry TUI. the site of the Monastery was granted to Thomas Holcroft
Esq. It was the property and reaidence of Oliror Breres Esq. a descendant of the
Brerea' of EaBunerton in Bowland, and Recorder of Preston in the time of Queen
Elisabeth. It waa afterwards used as a prison imtQ the year 1790 j and is now diTi-
ded into cottages. The shell of the Chapel may still be traced.

' This building at Warton was the ancient Parsonage, and is now a very pictureaqaa
ruin, of which onongh remaina to prove that it was suited to the opulence of its inha-
bitant. It does not appear to have beein calculated for defence, but in other respects
greatly rosemblei the tower-built Uauer-houiM of the North, hniDg ft thorotigh

676

^otitia Cratnensis.

[ions] House, probably a Cell to the Priory of Worcester, th6 not
mentioned by Dugdalc. Vic" Ace'- 1720,

Probably here was a Chantry, there being lands here called
Chantry Lands, and an Easter Due called Wax-penny, and a
tenure called LawTj-Zt^Af, Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1722,

lobby, with arched doors to the oOIpbs, and a »cry apsoiouB hsU with piked gables,
gothio windowa, and in the South end a kind of oX'C3'c tight, which sppuara to haie
been fuhionabte in EcclesiBBti<%l bidls, oad of whi(^b a Gnc Bpecimen latclj appeared
in the romsinB of the Biahop of Wincbester'a onc3e magnificent EoU in Southwark.
Out of BomD other of the remains hai been patched up the preeeat Yicaragc, suited to
ths reducod condition of the benefice, but presenting a molaneholy contrast to the
kitdhen and hall which, in better dajs, probably feasted every olsas of the Fariahion-
er« in succession. ^ Wbitaker's Nial. of Etchmoadihire, toI. ii. p. 293.

It is worthy of obserration that the Vicar who informed Biahop Osstrell that the
ruins of the old Paraonage'houM wore probably those of a Chantry, was the Rer.
Wiliiain Ajlmcr D.D. of a good family in Ucrtfordshirc, wlio, whilst a Student at
Oxford, was seduced by some Popish emissaries, and afh^rwards became Professor of
Divinity at Douay : but npon mature deliberation he discovered and repcntod of his
error, and retoming to his true and indulgent mother, the Chorch of England,
preached a recantation Sermon (which waa published) on 2 Peter, ii, 1, before Tal-
bot, Bishop of Oxford, on the 30th of September 1713, sod having formerly atndied
Physic, as well as Divinity, became very aerriceable to bis Farishioners, He wu
Vicar of Warton &om 1711 to 1733.

r

■

INDEX

TO VOL. 11. PARTS II. AND UI.

"Amta CbappeV «.^. ; Alrton. M«. of BHiehMter, 472.

Altar, a Roman, conTertod into » font.

of Worcester," 521.

425.

Attcar, 163.

Abnm, John, of Abram, 250.

Attcar Hall, 163,164.

Abram Hall, 248, 249.

Attham, 306.

Abreni, Mw. Wary, 266, 257.

Altham, Simon de, 307.

AccriugtoD, 304.

AWerthorpe, in Yorkshire, 313.
Alrethun, Chapel of. 307.
Alvethsni, Hugh de, 306.

AcrriiigtonNoT»,3M.

Achetun,16I.

Aclan, Mabilkde, 161.

Alvetham, John de, 306.

Addison, John, 404.

Alrethara, William, Lord of, 286.

Ambrose, Alice, daugliter of John, and
wife of WiilUm Latus of Wyteha-

Adlington Hall, 392.

AdiingtoQ, Peter, Chwitry Prisat, 312.

TBU, 441.

Ambrose, Daniel, D.D. Rector of Math-

•cription of tha neighbourhood, 438.
Aghton, ElUabatli, wife of John faold,

Aghton' Johmn., wife of Bamab, Kyt-

ley, and Mary his wife, 536.

Ambrose, Eliziiboth, daughter of Jftmu,

541.
Ambrose Esther, daughter of John, and

cbin, 194.

wifeof JoliD Dodgson. 541.

Agbton, John, 194.

Ambrose. Isaac. Vicar of Garstang, (536.

Aghton, Rieh«rd do, 194.

Ambroao, John. Esq. and Dorothy hi.

Aghton, Sir Bich»nl, 194.
Afghhurgh Hall, 170.

wife, 636.

Ambrose, Maraarct, 541.

Ai>.B*orth, Mrs. Alice. 223.

Ambrose, Mr. Isaao, Vicar of Preatoa, ^^^H

Albemarle, George, Uuke of, 459, 809.

^^^M

Albemarle, Monk, Duke of, 317, 507.

Ambrose,Mr.Jabn,ofLawick,C35;Bome ^^^^H

Albrincis, Ewm de. Abbot of Fume«,

account of hi. charities, 536, 539, ^^^H

670.

640,541,642. ^^^H

Alcock, Mr. 206.

^^^^M

Aleotk, Mr. Jobn, 205.

Ani1>n>«r, Mr., Vicar of Childwall, 169. ^^^^H

Aldeney, Mr. Samuel, Rwtor of Wigan,

Amherst, John, of Gray's Inn. 400; EU- ^^^^H

244, 247.

Hibeth his wife, relict of Richard ^^^^H

Aldingham, 4!)4.

AldiDgbam Unll, 49Q.

Anderton. Christopher, 382, 409. 410. ^^^^H

Alforde, Francis, 208.

Anderton, Hugh, of Clayton. 282. ^^^^H

Alfred, or Aufrey, 328.

Anderton, Mr. James, 169, 245, 290, 382. ^^^M
Andorton,JameB,ofClajlou,046; Eliza- ^H

AlkinconU, 326.

Allen, Cardinal, 400.

bath his wife, 546. ■

AlUn, Goarg«, of Hotmll. 458.

Anderton. James, of Enlton Esq. 380, ■

Allen, John, 468.

381,384. ■

Allon, William, I>.D. 458.

Anderton, James, of Lostook, 408. ■

Allerlon Hall, 166; lome account of, 167.

Anderton, Mr., of Bif^Lley, 165. ■

AllBt, William. 171.

Anderton. Sir Charles, BoM. 174. ■

1

1

AlmoDW, the, of Lathom, 202.

1

578

AndertoQ, Rev. J. H. 321.
Anderton, WillUm, E«q. 381, 382.
Anderton, Willi&m Inci', !}H1.
Antlejf, Lower, 304.
AntoninuB Caracul la, ^43.
AppelCree, William (]ti,CommiBuii7,323.
Archulm cum Cawood, 4S4.
Arden.Jabii, of Upton Warren Esq. 177.
Ardeme, John de, 454.
Ardemo, Margory de, 455,
Arlerden, in Cumberland, S33; an ap-
propriation of the dee of Cheater,

533.
Armctridiog, Hugh, of Whittle 1b Wood,

Yeoman, 386.
ArmetridinK) Hot. Thomas, Vicar of

Lejland, 381, 383, 386; Mu^ret

his vidow, 382, 385.
Armistead, Mr. William, 447.
Armstrong, Rgt. Mr, Kinc'i Proacber,

61(3.
Annet Hall and Tower, 55,9.
Amw Lord, 180.
Arundel, Lord, of Wardour, 288.
Arundel, Thumu, Esq. 288.
Aicroft, Henry, 199.
Aahbumham, John, Earl of, 201; Lady

Henrietta Bridget, hit daughter, 201 ,

A«heton, Alice, 369.

AihetOD, AHhur, of Clegg Hall, 636.

A»heton, Edmund, M.A. Hootor of Mid-

dleton, 636.
AihetoD, M^or General, 366.
Aaheton, Mary, daughter of Edmund,

of Methley, Eiq. 636.
Alheton,Mr. 330.
AtbetoD, Mr. Nieholae. 303.
Aibeton, of Clegg Hall, originally of

Bamfurloiig, 250.
Asheton, Halpli, of Groat Lever,

S,365.
AahetoD, Sir Edmund, '2

317,3

1,340.

;,303,

Aaheton, Sir Edward, 27!1.

Asheton, Bir William, of ijttlewood, 369.

Ashton, Ann, daughter of Itiebard, 383.

Aghton in Makerfield, 2S7l constituted
ft pariab and ntotory,_ 2B8; tit. Tho-
mas's constituted a vicarage, 2S^.

Aihton, Mr., Curate of Haalingden, 334.

Aihton, Sam ufl 1,206.

Ashton, Sir William, 353.

Aaht4iD, Thomas, of Croston, 353.

Aihton, Thomas, of Heathaiik, 649.

Adinnt, Thomas, of AahnrM E(q. 258.

Ashworth, John, Sohtwlmaater of Cros-
by, 220.

Askew, Dr. AnthoDT, 486.

Askew, John, 526, S37.

Askew, Margaret, wife of Judge Fell and

George For, 537.
Asltew, Jlr. S04.
Askew, Bev. Henrj-, 485.
Aslond river, state of in 1650, 362.
Aspden, John. Miniiitor of Burnley, 300.
Aspinall, John, of Standen Hall, Esq.

Aspinwall, Edward, Esq. and Eleanor

Ilia wife, 167.
Aspinwall, John, 177.
Aspinwall, Mr. Peter, 199.
Aspinwall Mr. William, 176.
Aapul, Ann, of Hindley, widow, 267.
Aaabawe, Anne, daughter of Thommi,

wife of Sir John Iladcljffe, 464.
Asshawe, Roger, of UaU o'th' Hill, 464.
Assheton, Arthur, 313.
Asshcton, Lady Elisabeth, 303.
Assheton, Lady, of Downham, 32!), 330.
AEshetou, Mary, daughter of Sir Richard,

294.
Asdieton, Radcliffe, son of Ralph, Esq.

291.
Assheton, Ralph, 303, 329.
AbshetoD, Rev. Abdias, 309, 316.
Assheton, Richard, Esq. of Downham,

Assheton, Richard, of Caerdale, Esq,

328.
Assheton, Sir lUpho, 307, 308, 317, 321,

328, 330, 369,
Assheton, Thomas, E^q. founds a School

at Bolton le Sands, 549.
Assheton, Thomas, of Croston, 178.
Assheton, William, of Downham, Eag.

32S, 329.
Astley Hull, 3«)6.
Aatloy, John, 279.
Aston, Edward, B.A. 481.
Atherton Hall, 1S3, 234.
Atlierton, Henrietta Maria, 189.
Atherton, Henry, 265.
Atberton, John, Esq. 182, 226, 231, 233.
Atherton, John Joseph, 222.
Athertou.Misa Eleanors, of Kersall Cell

265.
Atherton, Mr.Uenry,CarataDf HoUing-

fare, 239.
Atherton, Ralph, 268.
Atherton, Richard, 231, 264; Elaanor

Ireland Ma wife, 231.

F

INDEX. $99

AtbertoD, Robert Vernan, 169, 231 .

AtliertoD, Sir Jahn, Knt. 1S2.

368,381,382.'^ ' '^ '

Atherton, WilUam, son of Sir William,

2fl3.
Atkinson, Anthony, 404.

Banaatre, Dorothy, wife of Henry Mal-
ham, 33!).

Atkinion, Edvnrda, 402.

topher, of Bank, wife of Captain

Atkinwn, J. of Torvor, 642.

Parker, 382.

Atkinson, Jsniea, Curate of Silrerdale,

Banaetre family, 242.

563.

Banaatre, Henry, late of Hackney, 364.
Banaatre, Margaret, daughter of Thomas

AtkLnwD, Peter, 407.

Atkinson, RicliBrd, 521.

of Bank, 368.

Atkin»qu, Richard, Incumbent of Ulvei^

Banaatre, Mory and Isabella, 306, 337.

Bton, 536.

Banoatro, Nicholas, of Allham, Esq. 306,

Alkinaon, Richard, of Eliel Grange, Esq.

337.

404.

Banastre, Richard, son of John, 306.

Atkinson, 8ir Roger, Reader of Torver,
AoglitoA, 161,652,054.

BoBftitre, Hobsrt, 243, 262, 271, 282,

naOMtrlt, Sir Robert, 244, 289.

Anghton n»ll, 162.

Banastre, Sir Thorao., 271.

Angnstine, 8«nt, 298.
Avrmer, Mr. of Warton, 685.

Banastre, Thomas, 289.

Banaatre, William, 245.

Ajlmor, Rer. WiUi.m, D.V. some ae-

Banastre, WiUiam, Rector of Croaton,

count of hini, 576.

3M

Aytock, Robert, 297.

Bancrxjft, Archbishop Richard, 212.
Bancroft, Bishop Jofio, 212.

Bacon's, Lord, character of Dr. Urswieb,

Banister, Henry, 364, 461, 466, 518.

Banister, Thomas, of Preston, and hi*

Ilagerley or Bagulej, Mr. William, 230.

wife Alice Hodgbincoii, 364.
Banistre, William, Alderman of Preston,

Bogott, Alexander, Curate of Stalmine,

445.

364.

Balton, William, 411.

Bank Hall in Croston, .S58, 3S9.

11a nes, Rigbt Hon. M. Talbot, «0.

Bank Hull in Walton, 224.

Ba ns, Mr. 457.

Bankea, Meyriek, 249. ^^^^

Ba ns, Mr. James, of Poulton, 469,400.

Donkoa, Mr. of Winatuiley, 254. ^^^H

Bolderstone, 2S1.

Bankea, Richard, 249. ^^^H

Bankei, Thomas, 249. ^^^^M

Balderslone Halt, 282.

Bankes, Tbomaa, of Winn, 254. ^^^^H
Bankes, William, of Winstanley, 249, ^^^H

Balderslone, William, de, 281.

Baldwin. Rot. Gardner, of Lejiand, 380.

^^^H

Baldwin, Rev. John, Rector of North

^^^H

Meols.374. ^

Barcroft Ilall,312, 314. ^^^^H

Daldwin. Rot. Rigbye,374.

Barcroft, Thomas, Gent. 314; Elisabeth ^^^^H

Baldwin, Rev. Thomas, 380.

his daughter, wife of Henry Brad- ^^^H

Baldwin, WillUm, Gent. 275.

^^^H

Baleman, John, 650.

Bardsea, Adam de, 546. ^^^^H

Ualista, Geoffrev lo, 573.

Bardaea, Elizabeth, wife of James An- ^^^^^H

Ball, Richard, 195.

dorton of Clayton, 646. ^^^^^H
Bardsea, Nicholoa, 546. ^^^^H

Dambourg, John de. Presbyter, 261 .

Uamfurlong Hall, 248, 249.

Bardsea or Berdaea Hall, 646, 5«9. ^^^^H

Barker, Rev. Jamea, 418, 419. ^^^^H
Barlow, Rev. John, of Colne, 326, 32S, ^^^^H

Banoster. Henry, of Hackinge, 364.

BoDOitre, Alice, daughter and heiress of

^^^H

James, wife of Sir John de Langton,

Barlow, Rev. Mr. 31 ^^^H

243, 28.1, and Sir John Bjron, 271.

Barnard, Francis, a^7. . ^^^^H

Bocastre. Anne, wife ef Thomas FUot-

Barnard, Mary, widow of WillUm, Esq. ^^^H

t
i

wood Esq. 3«S.

^^^M

r

580 iirOKX.

Birasrd, Mr. Jomph, eurato of Dftrwen,

Bekanigill, or Vale of Nightshade, 670.

284.

Bctham, Ann, daughter of Roger, 427;
wife of Sir Itobert Midleton of

Barnes, Henry, 403.

Bbtds, Mr. 230.

Lflighton, 427.

B»ni8, Josepli, 232, 235.

Betbam, Ralph de, 492.

Bams, Richard, D.D. 403

Betbain, Thomas de, 427.
Bell, Sfr. W., Vicar of Hojton, some
account of, 17a, 180.

BarnaidB, or BemeBete, 326.

Baron, Christopher, of Oswald wisle, 323.

Baron, Thomas, 501.

Bellasis, Sergeant, 438.

Barrett, Thomas, ths Manchester Aoti-

BelUngham, Mr. 367, 368.

quan, 26S.
Barrow, Iter. Hugh, Vicar of Lancaster,

Bellingham, Mrs. 367, 366.

Bennett, Philip, M.A. KtinistDr of Cart-

342; Bachel Ma daughter, wife of

mel499. *^'

William Patten, 242.

ItEnnison, Mr. of Buru Hall, 469.

Barton, Andrew, 323.

Barton, Fleetwood, wife of Richard Shut-

437, 633.

tleworth of Gawthorp M.P. 469.

Berkelev, Kir. Gawain, 199.

Barton, Grimhald de, 4G!).

Berry, James, 196.

Berry, Thoma», 225.

Redmajne,467.

BewBBy Hall, 234, 235.

Barton, Mr. Miles, of North Meols, 378.

Bickerstaffe, 460.

Barton;.MrB. 3C9.

Bigr> George, Parish Clerk of Hawkt-

Barton, Hev. Miles, 378.

hoad, 021.

Barton, Richard, Keq. 469.

Big and, Edward, SOU.

Barton, St. Liivn^nce's Chapel in, 529.

Big and, (ieoi^, Esq. 500.

Barton, Thoroaa, 260.

Big and Hall, 499,600.

Barton, Thomas, of Barton, 467.

Big and, Mr. George, 500.

Barton, Thurstan, of Smithills, 184.

Bigland. Mr. Henry, 499, 500, 601 .

Bartron, Sir Thomas, 376.

Bigland, Sire. Jane, 500.

Barwiek. Mr. Thomas, a benefiictor to

Bigland, Ralph, Esq. Garter, BOO.

SlaTelej, 606.
Bath, Mr., Vicar of Rochdale. 350.

Bigland, Thomas, Gent., 501.
Billing, 263.

Battlefield, Chapl^ns of, 449.

Billing, Marv do, 263.

Battelf;ldeCuUeffe,449; 'Wardenof,44S.

Bayle;, chantrv founded there bv Robert

dtiderbow. Rector of WiKOD, 447.

Billington, Adam dB, 286.

Billington, Ralph, son of Geoffrey, 286.

Baylej, Richard de, 288.

Cotton A, 561.

Barnes, Robert, Gent. 493.

Bindlots. Cicely, wife of William Btand-
ish Esq. 561.

Beamont, William, E«i. 215.

BeaurUrc, Charles 167, 168.

Bindlois, Francis, l<::sq. 662; Dorothy hii

Beauclere, Lord s/dnev, 167.

wife, daughter of Tliomaa Charoock

Boauclerc, Topham, 167, 168.
Beaumont Cote in Skerlon, 649.

Esq. 562.

Bindloaa, Poter, son of Christopher, of

Beaumont Hall, 464.

Staynton, 562.

Becansaw, 362.

Ebdlosa, Rebecca, daughter of Sir Hugh

Beelt, Robert, of Manchester, Gent. 412.

Perry, 561.

Beck's " History of Fumeaa Abhej," 672.

Bindloss, Richard, son of Robert, Ute of '

Beckermet. Churches of SS. Bridget and

Stratford, 562.

John, 671.

Bindloss, Robert, second son of Christo-

Beckct, Oliver, 488.

pher, 562.
Bindloss. Robert, Esq, 661.

a Pariah, 362.

Bindloae, Sir Francis, 669, 561; Cieel;

Bedford, Ingolram de Gjnea, Earl of,
Bedford; John, Duke of, 408.

his wife, daughterof Lord Delaware,
561.
Bindloss, Sir Robert, Bart. 410, 432. 661,

BekangeigiU, *ale of, bJo, 871.

662." ...

Bingley, Loid, 279.

Birch Ann, vife of Warden Peploe, 468.

Birch, Mre. Alice, 2fi0.

Birch, Samuel, of Underwood, 162.

Birch ThQinaa, M.A. Vicar of Preston,

467.
Blrchall, Mr, William, Curate of Hol-
land, 259.
Birchitl, Robert, Yeoman, 26S 269.
Birlej, Iiabel,417, 418; wife of Thomu,

417; daughter of Thomas Coulbron,

of Kirkliam, 417; some account of

her, 418.
BiroiD, Mr. of Prescot, 208.
Biicoe, Edward, 391.
Biacophfljm, 573.
Bispham Hall, 254, 358, 3S9.
Bupham, Margaret, daughter and heiress

of Thomas, 253.
Bispham, Parish of, 299, 299, 458.
Biipham, Itogcr da, 253.
Blip bam, Tliomos, 253.
Blackburn, 274.
Blackburn, Rural Dean of, 323.
Blaclcbume, Adam de, 290.
Blackbume, Agnea and Beatrix, 275.
Blackbiime, Henry de, 274.
Blackbume, John, of LiTerpool, 169.
Blackbume, John, llsq. 231.
Bhickbume, John Ireland, t^aq. 167, 231.
Blackbunie, Margaret, of Scorton, 411,

412.
Blackbume, Ricbard and Adam, 274.
Blackbume, Mr. Richard, of Newton, 272.
Blackbume, Robert de, 173.
Blackbume, Roger, 274.
Blackbume, Thomas, 1G7.
Btackledge, Kdward, 349, 350, 352.
Blackledge, Mr. James, 198.
Blacklcdgp, John, 386.
Black leech, James, of London, 200.
Bhtckpool, 457.
Blakev, Robert, of Colne, 325; a chap-

leyn, 325.
Blakey, Thomas, of Marsden, 326.
Blawitb Chapel, 538.
Blawith, petition of the inhabitants of,

to Gastrell, 538.
Blencowe, K[r. William, and Eliiabeth

his wife, daughter of Ferdinand

l^tus Esq. 641.
Blencowe, William Ferdiiiand Esq. 641.
Bleiin, Thomas, 195.
" Bloonumithy," or wood rents, 507.
BImidell, of Ince BlundeU, 174.
Blundell, CharUs Robert, Eiq. 21S.

EX. 5M

BlundeU, Henry, iod of MieholM, of lit-
tle Crosby, 20fi.

BlundeU, Henry, 21S.

BlundeU, Ince, 218.

BlundeU, John de, 218.

BlundeU, Jonathan, Esq. 173.

BlundeU, Nicholas, 220.

BlundeU, R. II. Esq. 173.

Ulundell, Sir Robert, 219.

BlundeU, Thoraas Weld, 218.

BlundeU, WiUiam, Esq. (not CharUi,)
205, 220,

BlundeU, William de,218.

Boardman, Mr. 206.

Bold, Adam, 332.

Hold, Anna Maria, 194, 210.

Hold, Dorothea, 194.

Bold, Frauds, Esq. 304.

Bold Hall, 210.

Bold, Henry, of North Meoli, Esq. 462,

Bold, John, of North Mools, Esq. 462.

Bold, Mai7 Patten, 194.

Bold, Matthew, 210.

Bold Monuments and Chapel, 209.

Bold, Peter, of Bold, 194, 210.

Bold, Richard, of Bold, 231.

Bold, Robert do, 210.

Bold, WiUiam, 210.

Bolden, John, of H vning Hall, Esq. 537.

Boleigu, Stephen, Earl of, 670.

Bologne, Stephen, Earl of, 570.

Bolingbroke, Henry de, 226.

Bolingbroke, Henry, Duke of, 317.

Bolingbroke, Henry, " ~' ' '""

Bolton, Dr, Samuel, !

Bolton, EUen, 420.

Bolton, James, 403.

Bolton, John, 420.

Bolton le Sands, 540.

I^lton, Mr, Robert, 280.

Bolton, Thomas, citisen of London, 6.

Elizabeth bis wife, 495.

Booth, Bishop of Lichfield and Arch-
bishop of York, 203.

Booth, George, of Dunham Massey, Esq,
233.

Booth, Kftthcrine, of Barton, 320,

Booth, Sir Ueoi^e, 231.

Booth, William, Esq. 231.

Booth, William, Rector of Preaeot, 203.

Bootle, Sir I'homas, M.P. 1 76, 201, 258.

Bordrijge, James, 41(2.

582

INDEX.

Bordley, Mr. William, Minister of

Uawkshead, 524.
Borrett, Mr. 489.
Berwick Hall described, 559.
Berwick Manor and Chapel, 561.
Bostock, Edward, Gent, of London, 197.
Botiller, Sir Richard le, 450.
BotiUer, Sir Theobald, 414, 415, 448.
Botyler, John le, 261.
Boulogne, Stephen, Earl of, 534.
Bourne, Cornelius, of Stalmine Hall,

443.
Bourne, James, Esquire, of Heathfield

Plouse, 444.
Bourne, Richard, 412, 420.
Bourne, Robert, 412, 420.
Bousfield, James, 488.
Bouskill, James, 488.
Bovill, W. de, 644.
Bowden, Richard or Baldwin, Minister

of Holland, 253, 259.
Bowes, John, and Margaret his wife, of

Scotforth, 437.
Bowes, Sir Martin, 375.
Bowes, Thomas, Esq. 437.
Bowet, Henry, Archdeacon of Richmond,

431, 458, 462, 412, 557; afterwards

Archbishop of York, 512.
Bowman, Rev. Thomas, 523.
Bowman, Thomas, Esq. 523.
Brabine, Mr. Jolin, of Chipping, 402,

403.
Bradbury, Thomas, 315.
Braddylf, Colonel, 546.
Braddyll, Col. Wilson Gale, 569.
Braddyll of Conishead, 535.
Braddyll, Edmund, 324.
Braddyll, Edward, of Portfield, Esq. 287 ;

Ann his daughter, 287.
Braddyll Hall described, 288.
Braddyll, H. R. G. 542.
Braddyll, John, 288, 326, 569.
Braddyll, Mr. married the heiress of

Dodding, 569.
Braddyll, Thomas, 288, 569.
BraddyU, Thomas R. Gale, 288, 293, 544,

569
Bradford, Earl of, 246.
Bradley Hail, 373, 402.
Bradley, Mr. John, of Heapy, 386.
Bradley, Robert de, 402.
Bradshaw, George, of Greenacre, 181.
Bradshaw, Henry, of Marple Hall, 314 ;

Mary, his daughter, 314.
Bradshaw, John, of Pennington, Esq 183.
Bradshaw, Margaret, 183.

Bradshaw, Mr. 404, 552.

Bradshaw, Mr. James, Wigan, 246, 253,

256.
Bradshaw, Richard, 183, 184, 186.
Bradshaw, R. F. Esq. Patron of Kellet,

551, 552.
Bradshaw, William, of Halton Esq. 552.
Bradshaw, William Bradshaw, Eao. 552.
Bradshaw, William, of Uplitherlana, 161 .
Bradshaw, William and John, 283.
Bradshaigh, Roger de, and Mabillay 161,

247 ; Richard, their son, 161.
Bradshaigh, Roger, Esq. 246, 247.
Bradshaigh, Sir Roger, 247, 249, 251,

374.
Bradshaigh, Sir William, M.P. 249.
Braithwaite, Edward, Curate of Batter-

thwaite, 253.
Braithwaite, James, 522.
Braye, Mr. William, Minister of St.

Michaers, 450.
Bread Silver, 526.
Bretargh, William, 170.
Breres, Blanche, 222.
Breres, John, M.A. Minister of Padiham,

343.
Breres, Edmund, 185.
Breres, Laurence, 222.
Breres, Oliyer, Esq. Recorder of Preston,

575.
Breres, Rogei^ 222.

Bretherton, Henry, son of Ralph de, 388.
Brickley Hall, 248.
Brideoak, Dr., Rector of Standish, 395;

Bishop of Chichester, 395.
Bridgeman, Bishop, 168, 179, 205, 237,

246, 257, 321, 339, 377, 418, 499, 516,

525.
Bridgeman, Hon. George, 251.
Bridgeman, Sir John, 243, 252.
Bridgeman, Mr. Orlando, 251, 252.
Bridgeman, Sir Orlando, 243, 246.
Brierley, Mr. John, minister of Poulton,

457.
Briggs, Mr. Rowland, 501.
Brindle, 348.
Brochol, Roger de, 464.
Brockholes, 464.
BrockhoUs, Nicholas de, 464.
Broke, Thomas, Priest of Padiham, 344.
Bromley, Mr. 180.
Brookbank, Elizabeth, 501.
Brookbank, John, 501 .
Brooke, Mr. John, ''an old malignant

not reconciled," 502.
Brooke, Richard, 365.

Brooke, Sir Peter, of Mere, 365. l

Brooko, SaunnB, daughter and heireea

of Peter. 3fi5. I

Braoki, William Cnnliife, Esq. 303.
Broome and Knight, Mosen. 424, i

Brotherton, John, 266. I

Brotberton, Thomas, of Hey Esq. 266, I

267.
Broughton in Fumegs, 527. '

Broughton in Preaton, 467. I

Brougliton Tower, 468.
Broughton Tower in Fonieis, S2S. I

Browedge School, in Cartmel, GOO. I

Brown, Alice, widow, 404.
Browne, Anthony, of Southwolde in the I

county of E^sez Esq. 354, 356. I

Brownrigge, Giles, of St. Clement Danei

London 515, 616.
BrownawDod, Mr. Willisni, 376.
Browibolme Hall deseribed, 347.
Brus, Aftnes, de, 408.
Bnifl, Peter de, 408, 557.
Bryche, X'pofer, 341.
Bryer, Iter. Thomas, of Marton, 459,
Bryn Hall, 2SS: described by Mr. Bur. i

rett, 269.
Bryn, Sir Peter de, 3-IS.
Urueh Hull, '234, 235. \

Buccrleuch, Eliiabeth, Duchoss of, and i

Queensbury, 515.
Buceleueh, Henry, Dulie of, 30.1, 317.
Buccleueh, Walter Francis, Duke of,

324, 507, S42.
Buckingham, Catherine, Duchess of, 625.
Buckley, CapUin, of Buckley, 397.
Buckley, Sir Thomac, 349.
Buckley, Thomu Foster, Esq. 464.
Buckley, William, 216.
Bulkeley, Thomas J. Viscount, 28!!, 455,
Bullock, Hugh, ciliien of London, 261, 1

252. I

Bullock, John, 261, 252.
Bullock, Itoger, of Wigan, 251, 262.
BuUock, Wftliara, 339.
Burd. William, a Priest, 320.
Burgh, Christiana, wife of Adam de, 440. I
Burgh, Hubort de, 440, 482, 483.
Burgh, Usoffreyde, Vicar of Winwicli, |

Burgundy, Ducbeu of, 627.
Burlington, William, Earl of, 600, 602,

603, 505, 606, 511, 526, 567.
Bum Hall, 468, 459.
Burn, Richard, of Uantang Parish, 44B.
Burnley, 312, 334.
Burnley Grammar School, 312, 316.

!x. 5SS

Burron, Edward, 186, 199.

Burrow, Ilobert, 603.
I Burscoitgh, Abbey of, 196.

BurscDugli, Peter, 291, 349, 350, 380,
I 3*1, 465.

I Burscough Priory, Founder of, 177, 17S,
I 197.

Burton, Robert, 653, 5S4.
' Burtonwood, 237.
I IlurtonwoDd Chopel, founded by Thomoi

Bold Esq. 237.
I Bury, John, of Lcaland, 382.
I Bushell, Adam, 442.

Buahetl, Mr. Seth, Incumbent of Euxton,
I 334; Vicar of Lancaster, 418, 442,

I 44«i.

Buehell, Seth, Draper of Preston, 466.

Bushell, William, Esq., M.D. 428; an
account of his family and charity,
428, 442; Bliiabetli his wife, 428.

Uusbell, William, Rector of Ueysbam,
421.
I Buahell, William, Curate of Goosnargh,
I 428.

Busli, Roger da, 274, 297, 348, 371, 387.

Busaell, Aricia, 379, 388.

Bussell, Ilueh, 194, 387, 388.

Biuaell, Richard, Boron of Penwortham,
366, 380, 390.

BuBsell, Robert, 379, 388.

Busicll, Warin, 371, 379, 380, 382, 387.

Butler, Alexander, of KJrkland Eiq.
412, 451.

Butler, Arehdeaeon TLomas, 649.

Butler, Edward, 23U.

Butler, Henry, 456.

Butler, Helen, wife of Dr. Fyfe, 444.

Butler, John, Esq. 388.

Butler, John, 237, 412.
I Butler, John le, 231.

Butlers of Kirkland, 410.

Butler, Margaret, 232.

Butler, Mr. 409, 460.

Butler, Rsluli, Baron of Seudley, 162.

Butler, Ricbard, of RawcliSe, ^ 412,
I 444, 450,

Butler, Thomas, Esq. 232, 549.

Butler, Thomas, of Kirkland, 412, 649;
1 Dorothy Cole, hii wife, 400, 412,

549.

Butler, Sir Thomas, 230 232, 234.

Butler, Sir William, of Boausy, 210, 216,
235; Elizabeth, bis danghtar, 21<l^

Biitterwortb, Alexander, Eaq. BherilTDf

Lancashire, 350.
Byrom, Edward, Eaq. 2G4,
Bj-pom Hull, 2ti4.
Byrom, Henry de, 264.
Byrom, James, 2G9.
Byrom, John, M.A., F.R.S. 264.
Byrom, John, Eaq. 264.
Byrom, Mr. 2U7, 208,

Coerwerid, the QritiBb name of Iad-

caster, 430.
Csldra or Calder Alibej, in Cumberland,

<ome account of, 571.
Ctlinley, Sir George, of Lea, S72.
Calvert, Dr. Thomas, Warden of Man-
cheater, 455.
ColTert, John, Eaq. Patron of Cockei^

ham, 404, 403.
Calvert, Mr. WiUiftm, 405.
Calvert, Thomae, 404.
Camelford, Mr. Gabriel, Curste of Stave-

loy, 505.
Camoja, Lord, 2)8.
Campbell'a, Lord, Xii'M of Ihf Chanetl-

hrt, quoted, 242.
Campeden, Walter de, 244.
Caneefield, Antes, lister of William de,

495.
CanceGetd, Alice de, 495.
CanceSeld, Jolm do, 495.
Canterbury, Arcbhiihop of, 276, 277,

298, 317, 322, 332, 346.
Canterbury, Rohert, Archbishop of, 307.
Canterbury, Thomas, Archbishop of, 52S.
Cardigan, George. Earl of, 222, 4S2.
Cardigan, lord, 216, 4S4, 487.
Cardigan, Robert, Earl of. 4S2.
Cardwell. Edward, M.P. 3!)5.
Cardwell, James, of Ellcrbectc, Eaq. 395.
Cardwell, Rev. Dr., of Oxford, 303.
Cardwell, Rev. Richard, 395.
Cardwell, Richard, Esq. 303; Jane, bis

Cairns, Mr. 491.

Carh Hall, 504.

Carlton Hall, 458.

Ckrlton, Laurence, 400.

Carlton, Mamret, wife of Thomas Al-
mond, 459.

Came Thomas, Esq. 492.

Carr Hall, 278.

Carr Rev. Ralph, of Coclten Hall, 394;
tiis wife Ann, daughter of Anthony
Hall, Esq. 394.

Carter, Alice, 445.

Carter, Edward, of Ellel, Gent. 437.

Carter, Robert, Gent, 166, 414, 444, 446.

Carter, William, 168, 177.

CartmelL 497.

CaHmell Fell Chapel, 601.

Cartmell, Prior of, 518.

Csrtmell Priory, 498, 566.

Carus, Justice, 652.

Carui, Mr., Patron of Halton. 552.

Carus, Sir Christopher, Knt. 552.

Cams, Thomas, Esq. eenr. 553.

Cartwright, Bishop of Chester, 214, 272,

Case, John Aaboton, 204, 206.

Case, Jonathan, 204, 206.

Case, Mr. John, 198.

Castlemain, Roger, Ear! of, 28S.

Cathedral, St. Paul'a, 351.

Caton Chanel, 431, 433, 439, 573.

Caton, Christopher. 411.

Caton, Elizabeth, 411.

Caton, John, 411.

Caton,Tlion:iasde,439; Agnes, and Alice,
his daughters, 439.

Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, 34S.

Caveodiah, lilarl of DevonshirB, 348, 349.

Cavendish, Lord G. A., half-brother of
the fifth Duke of Devonshire, 500.

Cavondisii, Lord George A. 499.

Cavendish, Lord John, 525.

Cavendish, Sir William, 349.

Cavendish, William, Eiq. 348.

Cawson, Ann, 406.

Cawthome, John Fenton, Esq. 407, 445.

Cawthome, William, Esq. 405.

Cera Fanis, a Church due. 545.

Cestria, Peter de. Rector of Whalley,
299, 300, 302, 306, 318.

Chaddeiden, Henry de. Canon of Lich-
field, 243.

Chaddock Hall, 183.

Chaderton, Bishop. 380, 539, 644.

Chadwick, Catherine, 360.

Chad wick, Jolm, of Uaaley, Esq. 360.

Chadwick, Lewia, 360.

Chadwick, Mary, of Carter Place, 334.

Chalice and Shepherd in St. Botolph's,
Biahopsgate, 251.

Chamberlain, Mr. 442, 549.

Chamberlain, Rev. Thomas, of Rufford,
358.

Chamberlain, Richard, 314.

Chambers, Abraham Henry, Esq. 345.

Chamuey, Francis, 610.

Chamney, John, 610.

Chamney, William, 526.

ChapmiD, Mr. Thomai, of Booth Hall,

m Coulton, SOS.
Chapnian, William, 510.
Charolsj, Isabella, 47S.
Ctuunley, John, 394.
Chunley, Rev. W., Curate of Broughton,

436.

ChamoDk, Ilenry, taylour, 375.

Chamock, James, 394.

Chamoch, Robert, of Cluniack, 365, 379;

Slargaret, lita dnoffhter, 365.
Cbartorie, Colonel, 196, 404, 405, 4S2,

4S4.
Charteria, Janet, vife of Jamee, Earl of

WemysB, 482.
Chepjn, Joha de, 401.
Chepjn, Manor of 401 .
Chepjn, Richard de, 401.
Cbeater, Archdeacon of, 320, 323, 324,

340, 344, 354.
Cheater, Bishop of, without hii Seal, 338.
Cheater, Dr. Sumner, Biibop of, 321.
Cbeater, John, Bishop of, 291, 505, 527.
Chester, Ranulpb de Blundevtll, Earl of,

164, 4S8.
Chester, Ranulph, I'larl of, 163, 430, G79.
Cheater, William, Biabop of, 525.
ChetaatoD, Stephen de, Rector of War-
rington, 244.
Chetham, Humphrey, of Turton, Esq.

372.
Chotham. Ralph, of Turton, Gent. 223 ;

Mary, hia daughter, 223.
Chev, John, of Whulley, Uent. 302, 303.
Chew, Mr. Edward, 2K(.
Chew, Mr. Obadiah, 302.
Chieheley, Archbishop, 210.
Chicheley, Sir Thomss, 272.
CUcheley. Thomas, of Wimpols, 242;

Elizabeth, bis daughter, 242.
CbildwaU, 164.
Cbildwall HaU, 16S.
Cbipendall, John, 441,
ChipendaU, Thomaa, 441,
Chipping, 401.

Chipping, Parish of, Saxon, 401.
Chianall, Ann, daughter and heiress of

Sir Edward, and wife of Stephen

Hamerton, 397.
Chianall. Edward, of Chiinall, Esq. 395.
Chisuall, Edward, of Preaton, 397.
Chisnall Hall, 397.
Chunall, Sir Edward, 396, 397.

Cbolmondeley, Marqaeu of, 20S.
Chorlegh, 363.

Chorley, 363.

Charley, Chapelrj of, made a Parish,

Chorley'Hall,222. 365.

Chorley Lower Hall, 365.

Chorley, Richard, 222, 36G.

Chorley. William, 222.

Chorley, William de, 363.

C ho when t, 1S9.

Chowbent, Chapel domestic, 1S9.

Chowbent, present Chapel built in 18)0,

190.
Church, 322.

Church, Cbapelry of, 322.
Church-lrirk, 322.

Churchlowe, Mr. Minister of Lango, 287.
Churton'a Lift of Dean No-ictU, 429.
Ckre, Dr. Andrew, Rector of Walton,

192, 223, 227, 230.
Clare, laabel de, wife of William, Earl

of Pembroke, 667.
aar«, Kin. 192, 223, 227, 230.
Clarke, Mr John, of Royle, 315; tiw-

ping, 566.
Claughton, 479.
Clanghton Hall, 481.
Clayton, Captain, of Liverpool, 207.
Clayton, Captam Robert, of Fulwood,

382.
Clayton, Colonel, of Carr Hall, 279, 326.
Clayton, Dr. Richard, 382.
Clayton, Edward Every, Esq. 325.
Clayton Hall, 381, 382.
Clayton, Henrietta, wife of Oen. Browne,

CUytoni Henry do, 278, 476.
Clayton, Lord Chief Juatice, 393.
Clayton, Mr. Edward, of Manohaater,

Ckjton, Sir Richard Bart,
aajton, Tliomas, 279. 326.
Clayton, Thomas, of Adlington. 393.
Cleaerow, Rob. de, ParsDn of Wygan,

243, 474.
Clegg, Mrs. 420.
Clegg, Rev. Richard, Vicar of Kirkham,

416, 420, 425.
Claworth Ball, 163, 1$4,

4p

586 iNOn.

Clidertio*, Adam dB, wd of Robert. 474.

Cole, Thoma. Butler, Esq. of Kirtland,

Cliderhow, CecilU do, 476.

411,549.

Cliderhow, Henrj de, 474.

ColUer, Mary. 257.

Cliderhow, Bkhard de, 476.

Collier, Randal, 257.

Cliderhow, Sir Adsra de, 477.

Collier. Bev. John, Cnratc of Hollin-

Cliderhow, Sir BobeH, and Sibilla, hii

groon, lomo account of bim, and

wife, of S^abury, 295; SjbilU, hia
widow, 295; SjWIla, hia daugbter.

of bis ion, John Collier, commonly

called -Hm Bobbin," 240, 241.

286.

Colne, 324.

Clifton, Cuthbert, Esq. 415, 416, 424.

Cobie, a Roman town, 324.

Clifton, Mr. of Lvtham, 446.

Colne, « St. Cvtoa' Quire," 325.

Clifton, Sir Cuthbert, 418, 447.

Colne. the Norman Church of, 324.

Clifton, Sir Tbomas, Bart. 424, 425, 447.

Columbers, Ciceley, daughter of Alan de.

Oifton, Sir WiUiam de, 420.

IGfl.

aifton, Thomu de, 430.

Colunio, 324.

Clifton, Thomin, Esq. 308, 323, 415, 41G,

Comuton, Sir Henry, 440, 442, 648,

417,447,576.

Clifton, William, Esq. 421.

nSnsof.533,5j5. '

Clifton, WUIiam, son of Uenry do, 417.

ClitberaU, Alice, 424.

ConUhoad Priory. 532, 568; founded by
William de Lancaster, 535.

Clitherall, Elizabeth, 425.

Clitbor»ll,Thoma.,448,4gi.

Conieton Church, 539.

Ctithero, 319.

ConUlon Hall, by the Rev. William

Clitberoe Castle Chapel, 317.
CUtberoe Graramar School, 321.

Gresley, 572,
Conyers, Iiolda. dnughter of Robert.

Clowes, 8>inuel, Esq. laj.
Clowe.. Waiiam Leigh, Esq. 183.

wife of William Croft of Yealnnd

Conyers, 663.

ajderhow, Hugh do, 319.

Conyngton, Richard de. Vicar of Ornui-

Clyderhow, Sir Robert de, 319; Bjbil,

kirk, 197.

bis danghter. 319.

Cook, Mr. 170.

Cocke, Walter, 651.

Cooper, Hugh. 306. 366, 441, 442.

Cooper, Mi,. EUiabeth, of Choriey, 374,

393,394.

Cocterhflra Priory, 405.

Cop, 462; orinn of the Chapel, 453.

Coekshmt, ThomM. 2a4.

Copp Sehool, 451.

Cotenand, Abbey of, 408, 410, 477, 567.

ro9peeting,396.

668.

ComaU, Ricbard, 451.

Co*«r«onrf, Co«ch>r Book of. 480.

Coroder of the Cburcb of Leyland, 379-

Cobersand founded by Hanulpb Mes-

Cort, Thomas, 484.

chines, 565.

Coaney, Dorothy, 466.

Cokeraand, Rent Roll of the Abbey of.

Coulton, 507.

667.

Coulton IlaU, 609.

Counuoudi, Hall, 173.

Colborae, Henry, of London, 413. 419,

Courey, Lord De, 4(M. 408, 448.

421.422.

Cowper, Robert, 257.

Cowperthwaite, Leonard, 521.

Cowpbnd, James, of Finsthwaite, 610.

Colo, Dorothy, dftogbter of Edmund,
wife of Thonttu BotUr of Kirk-

Cowplaod, Sir Richard, founds a Chaottr

luid, Esq. 549.

at Bolton. 545.

Cragge, Mr. William, Curate of Satter-

412, 649.

thwaite, 624.

Cole, Mr. Robert, of the Coato, 548.

Crane. GcorKO. of Ijithom, 201.
Crano,Rev. Thomas. Curate of Winwici.

'048. ' ' ^

201.

Crftne, Williun, of Newborongb, Z01.

Cranmer, Arclibishop, 300, 5^.

Craven, Rklintd, of Billiurton, 289.

Craven, Robert, of Frizingball, 328.

CrewB, John, Lord, 3«.

Crinoboja, Sfr. William, of Leyland, 380.

Criap, iBabetla, of Porbold, widow, 372-

Criap, John, of Gray's Inn, E*q. 372.

Criap, Thomas, M. P. 372.

Cron, Alice, daughter of Ileiiry do, 47!^,

4S0.
Croft, Alison, wife of Geoffrej Middleton

Ebu. QS3.
Croft, Edward, of Claughton, 480.
Croft, Francis, Esq. 479, 4S1.
Croft, Gabriel, Eiq. 480, 658; Patron of

lleVBham, 556.
Croft, Henry de, 479, 480.
Croft, Henry, son of Roger de, 550.
Craft, Isolda, wife of WiUiam de, 563.
Croft, John and Simon, 460.
Croft, Mahel la, daughter and heiress of

James, of Dalton, wife of Peter Legh

of Lymp, 4S0, 6fi3.
Croft, Nicholas, of Dalton, Eiq. 663.
Croft, Roger, son of Uenni, 480.
Croft, Roger, ton of William, and hia

wife Elizabeth Redmayne, 563.
Croft, William, Esq. 480.
Croft, with Bouthworth. canttituted a

pBriBfa,aiHl Rectory, 262.

Crofte . Esq. 480.

Cromhloholra, Rev. William, Vicar of St.

Michael's, 451; Ann hia wife, daugh-

ter of Alexander Butler, 'Eta. 451.
Cromblehotm, Richard, Cleric, 451, 453.
Crompton, Mr. 168.
Crompton, Mr. Thomas, 188.
Crompton, Mrs. 176.
Crook Hall in LeyUnd, 381.
Croolt, Mr. 396, 397.
Crook, Mr. of Abram, 289, 291 , 292, 360,

378.
Crook, Mr. Thomas, Vicar of Penning-
ton, 533.
Crook, Thomas, 466.
Crook, William, of '
Croiliy Grammar (
Crosby Magna or Mach Crosby, 219.
Cross Hall in Chorley, 366.
Cross Hall in Ormskirk, 198.
Cross, John, of Mysrseough, 412.
CrosM, Catherine, 170.
Crosse, John, 191, 193, 455.
Cro«se, John, Esq, 47(1.
CroMB, Mrs. Mary, 20S.

Crosie, Richard, 467.

Crosse, Richard, of Cross Hall, 222.

Crosae, William, of Red Scar, Esq. 4T0.

Crofiton, 3r"

" iton C

Monastery, 35^.
Croston Church given to Laneuter

Priory, 573.
Croston Glebe, mode of leasing, 356.
Croston Hall, 35a

Croaton, Mr. Henry, of Croston, 360.
Croston Parish divided, 356.
Croukeahuh, William de, 456.
Croiteth Park, 224.
Croiton Abbey, 482, 483, 485, 490.
Cuerdale Hall, 290, 291.
Coerden Hall, 314, 381, 382.
Culcheth Hall, 264.
Culcheth, John, 257, 270.
Culcheth, Katberine, wife of John Traf-

ford, of Croston, 265.
Culcheth, lliomas, Eiq. 265.
Cunliffe. Ellis, 306.
Ounliffe, Foster, of Liverpool, 305.
Cunliffe, Henry Owen, Esq, 327.
CuQliffe, Jolui, 223; Elizabeth, his

daughter, 223.
Cunlifto, Mri. Jane, 306.
Cunliffe, Mrs. Katharine, SO."!.
Cunliffe, Nicholas, of Wyeollar, 305.
Cunliffe, of Hollins, Gent. 327.
Cunliffe, Rev. Ellis, 305.
Canliffe, Robert, 305.
Cunlifib, Sir Ellis, M.P. Bart. 305.
Cnnscough, 174.
Curwen, Geoffrey, 439.
Curwen, Margaret, daughter of Walter,

604.
Curwen, Nicholas, 439.
Curwen, Robert, 544.
Corwen, Roger, 439.
Curwen, William, Sliniiter of KeUett,

&50.
Cunon, Baron, 307.
Curzon. Mr. Nathaniel, 307, 320. 323,

329. 339 ; Mary, his wife, daaghter

of Sir Raphe Assheton Bart. 307-
Cunon, Sir Nathaniel, 307-

Dacre, Edmund de, and Alice Townelej

his wife, 376.
Dacre, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomai,

wife of Sir Thomaa Harrington of

Hornby, 4S7.
Daore, Joan, wife of 9ir Richard Piennei,

Dacre, Joan de, 371, 6S2, 665.

Doc ID, Lord, 652.

Dure, Murgnret, ttetsr of Gregory, ninth
Lord. 652.

Dkcre, Rttnulpli do, 203, 550, B52, G55.

Dacre, Sir Humphroy, 371, 652.

Dacre, Sir William, 562.

Dacrs, Tbomu, ion of Thainu, Lord, 652.

Dacre, Thomas, third eon of IJanutpii de,
■W7.

Dacre, William de, 203, 371, 552, 656.

Dalrjmple, CbarioB, 249.

DalrympU, Elizabeth, wife of Alcxaoder,
sixth Earl of Balcarrcs, 249.

Dalton, 611; antiquity of the Cbureb,
611, 636; appropriated to Pumeis
Abbey, 512, 570 ; diiaensiana of the
Vicar and Abbot,el2, 570; deprived
of the endovraeot during' the Civil
War, 612: roodemiied in 1B30, 312;
ancient relica preserved, 612; cnrioiu
Font, 612; account of the Tower,
613; Vicar of, 516; William, chap-
lain of, 6€].

Dalton, Dorothy, daugtiter of Robert, of '
Thumham, wife of Edward Kidilell '
Eaii.439.

Dalton, Elizabeth, wife of WiUiam Ilosh-
ton Esq. 405.

Dalton, Frances, wife of Humphrey
Trafford Esq. 413.

Dalton, John, of Tliumbam Esq. 406, 413.

Dalton, Mr. 20H.

Dalton, lUibert, 413.

Dalton, Robert, of Biapham Ejq. 405.

Dalton, Sir John, 409.

Dalton, Sir Robert de, 405.

Dam Uouie, 183, 1S4.

Dandy, Andrew, citizen of London, 291 .

Dandy, Mr. 381.

Dandy, WiUiam, Grocer, 360.

Daniel, Mr. of Daresbmry, 380.

Daniel, Widow, 469,

Daniel, WiUiam. Yeoman, 468.

D'Arcj, Sir Francis. Knt. 662.

Darrell, Rev. John, 184.

Dawbeny, Sir Ralph, and Katberine his

wife, 558.
D'Aubign&'i, Merie, FroUctor, 233.
Dawei',Biihop, Memorandum Book, 178.
Dawion, Mr. Alyles, Vicar of Bolton le

Sandi, 661.
Dawnon, Pudaey. Eaq. of Langcliffe Hall

sad of llomhy Castle. 483, 4S6.

Dawson, Williain, 629.

Dean of Whalley, Geoffrey. 317.

Deans of Whaliey, morned men.

B>ndlaBS,661,
Delaware, Lord, 659.
Delves, John, of Doddington, 233.
Delvea, Richard, canon of Lichheld, 232.
De maniac alposseasionof certain memben

of the Stsrtde family, 184.
Dendorum, 496.
DendroD Chapel. 496.
Dennison. William. 521.
Dent, John, Esq. 404,
Denton, Robert de. Abbot of Fumess,

612, 546.
Derby, Earl of. 168, 170, 199, 201, 213,

214, 262, 372, 402, 418, 427.480,

629, 630, B67.
Derby, Ferrers, Earl of, 301.
Derby, Henry, Earl of, 276.
Darby, Jamea, Earl of, 205, 355.
Derby, James, Lord Strange, Earl of, 355.
Derby, Rob. de Ferrers, Eurl of, 226,

Derby, William, Earl of, 363.
Derby, Thomas, first Earl of, 211,

^77, 282, 527.
Derby, Thomas, second Earl of,

Derby, Edward, third Earl of, 196, 293.

Derby, Charlea, eighth Eorl of, 402, 627.

Derbi^, William, ninth earl of. 201 ; Hen-
rietta, Maria, his daughter, 201.

Derby, Lady, 180.

Derby, Margaret, Countess of Richmond
and, 211, 644.

Derby, Weat, 226.

Derbyshire, Mr. 241.

Derbyshire, Thomao, 237.

Denrden, Robert of Haaliogden, 333.

Devonshire, Earl of, 449,

Dewhurat, Robert, Minister of Rouen-
dale, 242.

D'Ewyas, Cecily, 292,

D'Ewyas, Sir John de. 292.

DicconsDD, Charles, of Wrightington,
Eaq. 108,371.

Dieconson, Edward, Eaq. 376.

Dicconson, Robert, and Ann Wrighling-
ton his wife, 371,

Dicconson, Robert, citizen of London,

Diceotuon, Willikm, Biq. ftod Moliora

hia wife, 376.
Didteoaon, Hugh, 375.
DickeDBon, Hobert, built Deudron Cha-
pel, 496, 497-
DickenMiD, Tbomu, 44S.
Dickuin, John, 425.
DickwD, RcT. William, 453.
Dlntle; flail, 2SS.
Ditton UbI), 204.
Ditto n, Joan, 205.
Ditton, John of, 216.
DittoD, Robert de, 20S.
Ditton, Sir Peter de, 210.
Dixon. Jamea, 510.
Dixon, Mr. Vicar of Kirkham, 416,

M3.
DobaoD, Thoma« and Jonathan, 451.
Dodding, Family, 635.
Dodding, Georgo, Eiq. 569.
Dodding, John, 674.
Dodding, Miles, Em. 288.
Dodding, Miles, and hia wife, Margaret

Sandys, 569.
Dodding, Sarah, daughter and heiress of

Miles, Eaq. wife of John, >on and

heir of Tbomaa Braddyll of PortBetd

Eiq. 288, 569.
DodgioD, George, of Thomthwaite, 641.
Dodgson, John, and his wife Esther Am-

brose, 641,
Dodsworth, Klattbew, CbancoUor of

York, 661.
Dodswortli, Itoger, edacated at Warton

Stthool, 660,561.
Dolbeo, Archbiehop, of York, 363.
Dole, a funeral gift, 420.
Domiillo, James, 206.
DomTilie or Doumbell, Katherine, 20G.
Doming, Edmund, 355.
Doming, Mr. oflliiphBin, 376.
Donung, Mr. Richard, 358, 361.
Dorset, Marquess of, 4SM, 497.
Dorset, ThoiDBs Grey, Marqaeis of, and

Cecilia his wife, 496.
DoDglas, in Parbold, 375.
Downes, Roger de Wordley, Esq. 404.
Downbam, 32$; the Manor held by Ad-

fniv, a Saxon, 328.
Drake, Mn. Abigail, 280.
Drinokhall, Mr., Curate of Tfttharo Fell,

48S.
Dromorc. William, Bishop of, 281.
Dudley, Edmund, 224.
Dudley, Sir Edmund, 282.
Dudley, Richard, 22-1.

Dugdale, Sir Riohard, Minister of Down-

Dukedale, John, Chantry Priest of CU-

theroe, 320.
Dukinfield, James, of Ilindley, 255.
DukinSeld, Mrs. Frances, 264, 257.
Dukinfield, Richard, Gent. 198.
Duokenhalgh Uall, 323.
Dunn, Mr. William, 198.
Dnnnisfaopfl Uall, 304.
Dutton Ilall, 478.
Dutton, William do, 476.
Duxbury Hall, 392, 393.
Dwerribouse, Ann, 226, 227.
Dychefield, Edward, 226.
Dychafield of Ditton, 205.
Dyneley, Henry, Esq, 32S.
Dyneley, John de, 329, 329.

Eccles, John, 476.

Eccleston, Edward, 206.

Eccloston, formerly ■ CUapelry, 354;

now B Rectory. 371.
Eccleston Great School, 461.
Ecclestou, (lall, 204.
Eccleatcn, Uenry, of Eocleston, 175, 200.
Eccleston, Hugh, 204.
Eccleston, Mrs. Eleanor, 206.
Eccleston, Rob. de, 204.
Eccleston. Thomas, of Eectoston, Esq.

Eddleston, John, 264.

Eddleston, Thomas. 260.

Edmondson, John, Esq. 439.

Edmondson, Mr. Thomas, 439.

Edwards, Mr. Robert. 303.

Edwin. Elisabeth, 241).

Edwin, John, 249.

Edwin. Sir Humphrey, 249.

Egergath,173.

Egerton, Eloonor, daughter of Sir Tho-

■nas Grey, 26G.
EgeKan, Mary. 208.
Egerton, Sir John, of Wrinehill. 260.
Egton with Nflwiand, 543.
EllaDd, Sir Richard de. 304.
Ellell Chapel, 403. 406.
ElleU Grenge. 405. 406.
Ellell, Grimbold de. 406.
Ellen's. Bl. in Wiadle. 206; some ao-

count of the Chapel. 206.
Elliotson, Daniel, Esq. 413.
Ellis', Sir Henry, L*Uart of Emintnt

Lilrrary Men, 465.

Elliwn, Rev. Tiinothj, Incambent of

FormbT, 227.
Etlieon, William, of Wavertree, 169.
Klitan Hsil. 464.
Ebwick, 452.

Eltoftca, Edward, Esq. of Fftrnliill, 279.
Ernmott. 326.
Emot, John, Eati. 327.
Emot, HiehBrd, 327.
Emot, Boh. de, 327.
Entmalo, George, of Clayton, 295.
EdIwuIb, John, of Foxholes, Esq. 350.
Ertumus. 491.

Erdburv Priocr, 181, 182, 183.
Erynach. a Cell in Ireland dependsnt on
Fumeas, 571.
• ■ 3, G. 550, 651.

EakrtgDe, C
Eton, Joan

. dauffbt

port, wifa of Nicholas. 454.
Eton, Nicholas de. 454. 455.
Eton, Itohert de, 404.
Eugoniiu, Pope. 674.
Eustace, .toho, founder of Staulawe, 317.
Euetace. Richard Fiti, and Albwda hii

wife. 317.
Euitaco. Roger,

L«¥, 317.
EuztonHall, 391.
Enzton Manor and Chapel, 384.
Everard. Jamei, Eiq. of Lowick, 541.
Everard, the Miaaes. 541.
E«Bt7, Edward, Esq., 278.
Evetj, Sir Henry, Bart. 278.
Evetham, Abbot of, 194.
Exeter, Duchcas of, 4h'2.
Extwiele, HaU. 312, 313.

Fairbank, Sir Gilbert, of Burnley, 311.

312.
Fairbank. Sir William, Chaiilain of

Cotnc, 325.
Fairclough, Dr. Jamea, 260.
Fairfax, Hon. Colonel, 351.
Fairhurat HaU, 373, 374.
Farington, George, 183.
Farington Hall m Penworthani, 381.
Farington, ,Jame» Nowell, 361. 387.
Farington, John de, 379.
Farington, John, of Eliton, 466.
Farington, Margaret, 183.
Farington. Mary, daughter of Mr. Roger,

wife of Dr. Seth Bughell, 442.
Farington, Mr- Truitee for Lord Moty-

neui, 178.
Farington, Peter. 245.
Farington. Richard, 389.

Farington, Sir William, 381.

Farington, Tbomaa. 433.

Farington, William de, 379.

Farington, William, of Warden. 179,
380, 383, 337.

Pam worth, 208.

Famworth Cliapel, 20S.

Famworth Monuments, 209.

Farren, Richard, 439.

Farrcr, Elizabeth, 361.

Farrer, Thomas, 361.

Fauoonberg, Henry, Viscount, 275.

Fauconberg. Ttiomas, second Viscouat,
323.

Faweett. Mr. Thomai, MiQiatsr of Over-
ton, 442.

Fazafcerley, Colonel, 222.

Faiahflrlej, Henry, 174.

Faiakorley, Mrs. 229.

Faiakerley. Robert, of Fazakerley, 222.

Foiaberley, Tbomaa. 225,

Fcamside, Henry. 339.

Featlay. Ur. Daniel, 520.

Feildcn, Uenry, Gent. 275, 296.

Feilden, Jolin, of MolUngton Hall, 275.

Feilden, Sir William. 297.

Feilden, William, of Feniscowles Esq.
296.

Feilden, Jotepb, of Witton Houae. 275,

Fell, Gabriel, 613.

Fell, Jainea, reputed Patron of Ul»en-

aton. 634.
Fell. Judge. 537.

Fell, Margaret, wife of George Fox. 637.
Fell, Thomas, Gent, of Redman Hall,

544. 545.
Fell, Thomas, of Swarthmoor, 537.
Fell, Tbomaa. Reader of Btawith, 538.
Fellowea, Rice George, Eaq. 377.
Falton, Dr. Biahop of Ely, 61i).
Fennoy, Mr. of Stalroine, 443.
Fenton, Dr. Jamea, Vicar of LancMter,

433, 464, 464,
Fenton, James, of Bamford Hall Eaq.

471.
Fenton, John, of Crirable, Eaq, 471,
Fenton, Joseph, of Bamford Hall, Esq.,

471, 473. 476.
Fenwick, Nicholas, Esq. of Claughton,

Fenwick Thomai, Esq. 480, 4S1.
Ferrors, Agnea, wife of Willimn de, 163.
Ferrars, Bir Jobn de, 300.
Ferran. William de, ofGrobjr, 363.
Ferrers. "William, Earl, 164, 191, 363.
Ferrari, "WiHiani, Esq. 311.
Ferrors", Enrls of Derby, 430.
Ferrers. liobert de. 490.
ffranee, John, of Little Eecloitoo, 450,

453,454.
ffranee, John, Jan. 450.
ffranee. Tboroai Robert "Wilson, Esq.

450.
ffranee. William, 186.
ff}'lton. Amabel, wife of E!dmund Leigh,

284, 353.
ffytton, Edmund, 284, 367. '

ffytton, EliMbirth, wife of Roger Nowell, '

ffytton, John, 2S4, 367.

^ttOD. Matilda, wife of Sir William

Heaketh, 2M, 366.
%tton. Richard, Justice of Chester, 2S4,

353, 366, 3S2.
ffytton. Sir William, 353.
Fielden, John, 325.
Fiennes, Gregory, ninth Lord Doero. | Flemi

Fleetwood, Richard, 371, 37fi, 387, 398,

443. 444, 451, 580.
Fleetwood, Sir Paul, 456,
Fleetwood, Sir Peter Heelietb, 194, 1£>6|

400, 404, 456, 469.
Fleetwood, Bir Thomas, 246, 271.
Fleetwood, ThoniM, 359, 368, 370.
Fleetwood, William, Seijeuit-at-LAW,

429.
Fleming, Daniel, the Clerk, son of Michael

le, 545.
Fleming Dr. a Trustee, 540.
Fleming, Dorothy, dAughter of William,

of Hydall Esq. wife of John Ambrose

of Lowick, 536.
Fleming, Elizabeth, daaghter of Wil-
liam, 363, 388.
Fleming, J. 542.
Fleming, John, 363. 388.
Fleming, John le, 480.
Fleming, le, 439.

Fleming, Miehael le, 495, 543, 646.
Fleming, Mr, of Rjdall, 496, 535, 546.
Fleming, Richard le, and his wife F.liA-

betli, daughter of Adam de Urswiolt,

1,644.

, Roger, of Coniston HaU. 539,

Piennes, Margaret, wife of Samson Lcn- ,
cttrd, 552. I

FiennoB, Sir Richard, 652; Joan his wife,
daughter of Tbomai, son of TUomaii, |
Lord Dacre. 552. I

Finch, Mr. 394.

Finch, Mr. Edward, Rector of Wigan,
244, 246.

Fintthwait, 509.

Firth, Thomu, 207.

Fisher, Mr. John, Minister of Shires-
bead, 407.

Fisher, William, 404.

Fitz Roger, Iticbard, 674.

Flandrensis, Miehael, or Le Fleming,
496. 496.

Fleetwood, Edmund, 459. |

Fleetwood, Henry, irf' Penwortham, Esq. i

FleetwoJjd. John, Esq. 194, 195, 246, 271, '
380, 387, 388, 400, 466, 458.

Fleetwood, Katherine, wife of William
Farington, 387.

Fleetwood, Letitia, 370.

Fleetwood, Mr. 194, 370. 457.

Fleetwood. Mr. Edward, 416, 469.

Fleetwood, Mrs. Marian, 277.

Fleetwood of RoaiaU, 400.

540.

Fleming, Sir Daniel. 539.
Fleming, Sir Richard, Bart. 639.
Fleming, Sir Thomas, Baron of Wath,

353, 388 ; Isabel his wife, 386.
Fleming, Sir William, Bart. 539.
Fleming, Thomas le, and his wife Isabel,

daughter of John de Lancaster, 639.
Fleming. William, Esq. 639, 540, 642.
Fletcher, Benjamin, 601, 503, 605.
Fletcher, General. 373.
Fletcher, Jane, 361.
Fletcher, Mary, 315.
Fleteher, Miu, 373.
Fletcher, Sir. 601.

Fletcher, Mr. Jamee, of London, 369.
Fleteher, Mr. John. 315.
Fletcher. Mr. John. junr. 315; Ann hii

daughter, wife of James Robert!

Esq. 316.
Flookhorough, 603.
Foldt, Mr. 324.
Fomiby and Altear, 163.
Farmbj, John, of Everton, and hii wiCs

Helen, 175.
Formby, John, of Formby, Esq. 227, 228.
Formby, Miss, 228,
Formby, Rev, Richard. 229; Anne bii

wJfa,22S.

FoFmb7. Riebftra, Eiq. 228.

Forme, Mr. 205.

Forneby, Thomaa, de, 227.

Fort, John, M.P. 344.

Fort, Richard, Esq. 344.

Foster, Ibuc, Esq. 374.

FoitBF, Mr. Minister of Areholm, 48fi,

Fox, George, the Qiuber, 339.

Fox, Richard. ISG.

Frogg&rt, Thomas Sutton Mort. 1S7.

Frost, Wiilter. 405.

Fuller, Dr. ri61.

Fnlthorpo: Sir Roger, Chief Justice of

IrolMid, 295.
Fumes and Cftrtmel, Deaner; of. 494.
Famese, Henry. Esq. 201.
FuniBU Ablwv, 607. S43, 544. 670 ; some

Moount of it, 670. 671. 672.
Furness, Abbot of, 632, 634, 635, 546.
Fnrness Klanor House, 573.
FumoBB, St. Mory of. 5ia
Fvfe. Eliiabeth, wife of llanry Pigot,

B.D. 361.
Fyfe, Helen. 444.

J^o, Tlionias, of Wedacre, Gent. 351.
FVte, Williani. M.D. of Wod»ore, 444.
F^ld. William, 451.

Gaitskill, Richard, founder of Bow-

chaiuber, 559.
lie. John, Eiq. and his wife Sarah
Wilion. 54«, 5fi9.

Gale, Wilson. uiBumed the naiaeof Brad-

dvll, 646.
Gale. 'Wibou, of High Head Castle, 2
Gardiner, 432. 434, 436.
Gardiner, Chriatopher, 544.
Gardiner, James, 441.
Gardiner, Nicholai. 432.
Gardner, John and Robert, of Filling,

412, 668.
Gardner, John, Esq. 413.
Gamer, Mr. William, 209.
Gamett, Richard, 180.
Gamett, William, Esq. 438.
Garroway. John, Esq. 16G.
Gantang Chapel, in the Toim, 412.
Gantang, Manor of, 408.
Gantonge, high awlter of, 322.
Garston. 168, 170.
GarstOD Hall, 168, 170.
Ganwood Hall, 268, 269

Garton, Richard. 270.

Gartaide, Mr. Gabriel, 350.

Gartsyde. Rev. Thomas, of Neirington,
113.

Goicoigne, Bamber. 166.

Gaicoigne, Bam ber.Esq. and Mary Green
his wife, 166.

Gaakell, Benjamin, of Thomoe Houae,
Esq. 184.

Gutrell, Bishop, 240, 246. 319, 32.'', 326,
331, .334, m. 340, 366. 367, 368, 370,
386, 389, 392, 396, 397, 424, 426, 433.
463, 464, 470. 510,514.615, 619. 623,
624. 616. 633. 635. 638. 664. 676; bom
at Slapton in Northamptonshire, iii;
eon of Henry Gaatrell Esif. iii; some
account of his ancestors, iii; connec-
ted with the Knightloys of Fnwiloy
Parle, iv; his mother a ilaughtor of
Edward Bagahaw M.P. iv; loat hii
father in eariy life, r; acnt to West-
minster School, v; afterwords a stu-
dent of Christ Church Oxford, v;
ordained, t; elected Preacher of Lin-
coln's !□□, v; publishes his Corui-
dtraliaai on the Ttinity. vi; an-
swered by DeanSherlocli. li; recom-
mended by Biahop Randotph, vi;
appointed Boyle Lecturer, vii; pub-
hslied his Lectures, vti ; quoted by
Biihop Van Mildert, vii ; introduced
to Uarley, afterwards Earl of Ox-
ford, vii ; appointed Chaplain of the
Houee of Commons, viu ; installed
Canon of Chriht Church, viii ; mar-
ried Elizahelb, daughter of the Rev.
Dr. Mapletoft, vjii; published a
Fast SeTmon, liii ; contributed to
rebuild Pockwater'a Quadrangle,
Oxford, viii; preached and pub-
lished a Sermon on Popular Edu-
cation, ix; examined the state of
Diocesan Education and the endow-
ment of Schools, ix ; published his
Chrittian Inttitvlet, for the use of
the CbBrity Schools, x ; translated
into Latin by Tooke, Master of the
Charter House, x ; always a popular
book, X ; an interleared Greek Tes-
tament in the Chetham Library
containing his remarks and refer-
ences, transcribed by his Chaplain,
" lachau Colly, j -- . -

SttS

CbnrDbei in London, xi ; Proctor i

CoDTocation for Clirist Church, i .
ChapUiD to QaeeD Anne, li ; pub-
liibed Serrnom, xi; luceeedi Sir
William Dawes, u Biihop of Cbsi-
ter, xii; published Remarks upon
Dr. SamuBl Clarke's Scriplart Doc-
(riiM of the THnity, lii ; loog re-
nirded lu destined for tbo Epiaeopal I
Bench, lii ; fiewi the Rebellion of
1715 with diaap probation, xiii; de-
fendg tbe Unimrtities ogainat the
imputBtion of dialonltj, liii ; leol
of Peploe, Vicar of Preatoo, for the
HaDoverian Succession, xiv; an ac-
count of Peploe, xiv; ooecdoto of |
him, XV ; boconiee Warden of Man-
eheater, xv; auppoiod to be ineligi-
ble for the dignity, iv; oppoaed b;
Gaitrel], xvi ; Tht Bithop of CAn-
ttr'i Caat publiBhed, xvi ; Lambeth
Degrees of equal authority with
Univenity Degrees, xvii ; Lettors,
xvii ; an Aitnetr to the "Coae," by
P. Bennett, xviii ; Justice Eyre 9
opinion of Gostrell's "Case," xviii;
be receivea the Thanks of tbe Coi-
versitiea, lii; Anouymoui Latter
from Mancheater, xix; Rev. Natb.
Uanne'a Letter from Manchester,
xxi ; the Biebop defends tbe right
of Didsburj Church to certain lands
left by Itowland Moaley Esq. xxi;
Lady Bland, xiiv ; hia Correspond-
ence with bis Secretary, Dr. Strat-
ford, iiix; a brief aummary of it,
a prudent bousetceeper, xxx;

active politicif

; bis disinterested

John Mapletoft, and of his ne-
phew. Chancellor Gaatrell, ixiv;
oud of the Itev. Francis Ga«trolI, I
xxivi ; Vindication of Bishop At-
terbury and Dr. Colbatcb, xxxvij
pnblisbes his Moral Proof of a
Futtirt Slatt, xxivii ; Letter to
Mr. Knigbtley, xxxvii; hia death,
iiiTii; Monumental Inscriptioi
Christ Church, Oion. zxiix;
Will, xU ! death of bis only son, ,
bis Portrait by Dabll, xlii; Samuel
Wesley's Poem to his memory, xliv;
Mrs. GastrcU'H death and WiU,
ilviii ; ber daughter Bebwca, wife I

of the Rav. Dr. Bromley, xlix ; no-

tices of him, and of tbe Rev. 'Thof.
Baeshaw, xlix ; Browne Willis's al-
lusion to GostroU, I; the Bishop m»
an Ecclesiastical Anti<]uary, I ; bia
JVutifin V^itrifmia, li ; Circular
queries to the Clergy, li ; Dr. Orme-
rod's opinion of this work, liii ; ito
plan, Uii ; difficulty of obtaining
materials, assialed by Dr. Stratford,
liii; notice of bim, sod his character
by the Rev. Thomas Hunter, liv;
Bishop Saunderson, like Gastrell, a
student of Pola^agmphy, Ivii; ths
ALS', described Ivin ; given by Mrs.
Gastrell to Bishop Keeno, lix; pre-
sent state of tbe Dioeeie, lix;
Bishop Sumner's extraordinary la-
bours. Ii ; literary obligationa m-
knuwledged by tbe Editor, Ixi.

Gaunt. John of. 191, 317, 379, 426, 461;
Blancbebis wife, 317.

Gawtborp Holt. 344, 345, 469.

Gee, Dr. Edward, 372.

Gee, Mr. Edward, Rector of Boeleston,
372.

407.
Gerard, Giles, of IncA. and Elizabeth bis

daughter, wife of Ralph Markland

Esq. 260.
Gerard, John and EUen, 249.
Gerard, Miles, 268.
Gerard, RadcliBe, Esq. 172.
Gerard, Sir Gilbert. ITl 320, 411.
Gerard, Sir John, 170. 26S.
Gerard, Sir Owen, Priest of Brindle,

Gerard, Sir WilUam. 249, 266.

Gerard, Thomas, 249, 250; Ann bt(

daughter, 249.
Gerard, William, 250, 349.
Gerard, William, of Ince, 260.
Gerards of Bryn, 262.
German, Thomas, Esq. Mayor of PrM-

tOD, 463.
Gemet. Agnes, wife of Adam de, 5SS.
Gemet, Annota, 229.
Gemot, Benedict, 167, 2»3. 371, 500.

4o

Gemot. Joan, 203, 371-

Gemet, Joan, daughter of Ronr, aon of

Benedict, 632.
Geraet. Jolin, aon of Ilager, 439.
Garnet, Sir Roger, of Ilalton. 573.
Uiniet, Thomai, 439, 555.
Gemet.ViTiaD,172; Emma hii wife, 172.
Gemet, Wymonaa, 371.
GBrneth. Roger, 167. 22», 371, 4QI.
Gay, Mr., Vicar of Wholley, 297, 3(11 ;

hii wife Dorothy, and daughter

Martha, 301.
GbifliM, Clirutiana. 404.
GhiiOM. iDgleram de, 404, 546.
Glijnea', tho, 492.
Gibion. Buhop, 324^507.
GibaoD, Gsor^, of SeatUwaite, 531.
GibtoD, John, Reader of Blawith. S3S.
Gibitali. Robert, of Luicaiter, 433.
Uilbody. Mr. Robert, Minuter of Haa-

Gilbody, Thomas, of Heap Ridinn. 332;

Martha hi« daughter, wife of Robert

Uuliieu aDd Henrj llargreaves, 332.
Gillibrond Hull. 3tl5.
Gillibrond, Henry, assumed the Dame of

Kaiokerley, 3S3.
Gillibrand, Thomas, of Charley KEq.363,

363.
Gillow, Robert, of Leighton Coujers Eeq.

Gilmutb, Robert Fiti, 492.

Gilpin. Bernard, 435.

Gilpin. Susannah, of Scaleby Caatle, wife

of Jeremiah Sawrcy of Broughton

Tower, Eaq. 528,
(iip)i«, Rev. Tbomai, Rector of Bury,

3S1.
GirlingtoD, John, Eiq. 489, 490, 49t.
Girlington, Nicholas, Esq. 489.
Girlington, Sir John, 490.
Glasbrook. Jamea, 3t>I.
Glasbrook, Mr. J., Curate of Roatendale,

340.
Glaitonbury, Hcame'a Atilioultiu of,

520.
Gleaat, Eleanor. 227.
Qleaiton Caatle. 497.
Glover, Mr. William. 205.
Godolpbin, ileury, D-D. Dean of St.

Paul's, 454.
Godolpbin, Sidney, Earl of, 454.
Golbarne made a Pariah, 263.
Goodsbaw, 331.
Gooanargh. 421).
Gore, Thomas. 173.

Grusdale, 623.
Gruithwaite, 622.

Graith waits Hall, 522.

Grandison, Sir Otlo de, 414.

Grange Hall, in luce BInudcll. 218.

Gray, Lady Jane, 634.

Gray. W. Chancellor, 414.

Gray, Walter, Archbishop of York, 612,

526.
Gregory Charleg, 334. _

340', Hi.

Grelle. Albert de, 274, 2!I7. 371.
GrcUe, Pet«r, son of Thomas de. 164,

16!), 348.
Green, George, Esq. 327.
Green, George Emmot, 327-
Green, Ireland, wife of Thomas Bhuk-

bume, 167.
Green, Isaac, of Liverpool , Eaa. 1G5, 167,

223. 226; Mary his daughter, 165,

167-
Grcen. Robert, of London £aq. rebuilt

Dendnin Chapel, 4.W-
Greenacres, John, Esq. 322.
Ureonaeres, Mr. Arthur, Vicar of Kirk-
ham, 416.
Grocnocres, Ralph, 328.
Gntenaeres, Richard, 328, 329.
Greenaares, Sir Ricliard, 344.
Greenoil, John, of Middletou, Esq. 267.
Greene, Edward, of London, Gent. 374.
Greene, Thomas, of Slyne, 404.
Greene, Thomaa, of Slyne, Esq. M.P.

492, 493.
Grenebalgh, 410.
Greenbolgli, Alice, daughter of John,

Esq. wife of Francis lioite Esq. 477.
Greentiatgh Castle, in Garstang, 411.
Greenhalgh Hall, in Bury, 411.
Greenhead Hall in Cuulton, ■'>09,
Greenwood, Henry, assumed the name

of Uolden. 322.
Greenwood, Ilenry, of Burnley, and

Betty his wife, 332.
Greenwood, John, 332.
Greenwood, John, of Lancaster, 410.
Grcnewode, Thomas, Suhdeacou, Rector

of Hey sham, 665.
Grealey, Robert, founder of Swiueshead

Abbey, 571.
Grcssingbam. 431.
Gressingham Chapel, 433, 440, 482, 483,

Grinuhmw, Chriatophsr, 340.
Grisedale, &Ir. of St. Martin's, GSl.
Griiedsls Hall, 623.
Groate, coine ip^ia for the poor, 422.
Grand;, Mr. John. Curnte of Padiham,

34S.
Gryme, John, 304. 30S.
Guest. John, of Abram, 251, 2B7, 260, 270.
Gneit, Mrs. 207.
Guild Merchant of PreEton. 4U3.
GODning:, Rut. U. J. Ilcctor of Wigan,

251.

Hakergliam Hall, 313; account of the

family, 312.
Habergham, Lsurence, of Habergham,

310.
Ilabergham Roger, 316.
HackenEsll Ilall, 444.
Hacking, Agues, 2S8, 34.'..
Hacking, Bernard de, 288, 345.
Hacking Hall, 288.
Haekins, WiUiam de, 288, 345.
Hadlej Hall, 277.
Hale Chapel, 170.
HaleHalf. 164, IG6.
Hall, Antbonv, 393, 394.
Hall. Dr., Bisiiop of CLeater, 243.
Hall, Frank. 393, 394.
Uall, Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas

Standish, 393, ^4.
Hall, Matthew, 426.
Hall Whittle, 21B.
Hall wood, 173.
Haliall. 172.173.
Hahiall Hall, 173.
IlaUall. Edvard. 174. 176.
Halsall, Gilbert de, 172.
Haliall. Henry, 172.
Ualaall. Robert. Vioar of Walton, 227.
Ualtall. tjimon de, 172.
Halsall, Sir Cuthbert, of HalBall. 424 ;

Ann, his daughter, wife of Thomas

Clifton, 424.
Holsnead Hall and Park. 204, 2G6.
Hoisted, Bunastre, 313, 316.
Ilaljted, C'apt. Charles, of Rowley, 316.
Halited. Charles, Esq. 316.
Halated, Dr. Henry, 311.
Halited, George, M.D. of Maneheiter,

312.
Hatat«d, Henry, of Bank House, 316;

HaUted, lAurenoe, and Elizabeth hii

wife, 313.
Halated, Nicholas, 313.
llalsted,BeT. Charles, 313.
Halsted, Rev. Henry, Rector of 8tan(-

field. 312 ; his Will, 316.
Halton Green and Park, 663.
Halton Hall, 663.
Halton, the head of a Barony, 662.
Hambleton, 422.
HambletoD, the Chapel of, 422.
Harableton, the Manor of, 422.
Haraby, Mrs. Eliiabeth. —

Chisenhall, Esq. 3
lerton, Stephen, of Hell
Esq. 397; Ann his wife, daughter oJ

ellHield PeeL
t, daughter of

Sir Edward Chisenhall, 397.
Hamilton, Douglas, eighth Dolte of, 409.
Hamilton, James, Duke of, 407, 409j

Eliisbeth Gerard his Ducheaa, 407.
Hammond, Mr. 317.
Hampson, George, 186.
Hampton, Sir John, 349.
Hancock, Nicholas, 328; Ann, his

daughter and heiress, 345.
Hankineon, Alice, 424.
Haukinson, Thomas 455.
llapton Tower, 335, 344.
HaptOD Park, 346.
Hardman. James, of Rochdale, 168.
llardman, John, of Liverpool, 168.
Hargroave, J. 324.

Hargreave Henry, of Haslingden, 332.
HargreaTei. Mr., B«ctor of Brandshnr-

ton, 324.
Hargreavea, George, 3.33.
Hargreavea, John, Eaq. 314; Charlotte

Ann, bia wife, 314; John, hia sod,

314.
Hargreavea, Mr. of Ormerod, 313.
Hargreares, Mr. Richard, Curate of

Harwood, 285.
Hargreavea, Robert Ilalstead, 327.
llargreTva, George, 312.
Harper. William, of IJTerpool, 175.
Harrington, Charles. Gent, and Mary

his wife, 177.
Harrington, Dean of York, 282.
Harrington. Ilaino. 177.
Harrington, John, of Iluyton, Esq. 177.
Harrington, Lord, 497.
Harrington, Lord William, of Alding-

ham, and Etiiabeth hit daughter,

.

HarrlntoD. Sir Jsmei, 3S1, ^46.

492,534.

Harrinrton, Sir Robert, of Badaworth
Boa tlornbj, and Isabel his wife,
281.
Haxriagton, Sir Win. Standnrd Bearer
at Axincoart, and Dame Margaret,
hia wife, 646.
HarriDgtoD, WiUitun, Chief Steward of

Halton. 210.
Barrison, Cuthbert, 452.
HarriBon, Edward, 403.
HamBon, John, 601.
EarriBon, Mr. Jotepb, Miaiitor of Lund,

425.
Hairimn, Laurence, OOi 503.
Harrison, Mr. a Nonconformiat Minister,

420, 42.3.
IlarriBon, Mr. John, Merchant Tajlor

of London, 220.
Harrison, Mn. Catherine, 622.
Harrison, Richard, of Banlifield, 452.
HarriBon, Sir Joho, of Lancaster, 437.
HarriBon, Thomas, 225, 269.
Harrock HaU, 373, 374.
Harsnet. afterwards Arehbiahop of

York, 184.
Hart, William, 186.
Hartford, Earl of. IS3.
Hartgmvea, a celebrated Schoolmaster

at Bumlej, 316.
Hartley, John, 340.
Hartley, Mra. Alice, of Laund, 327.
Hartley, Piers, Gent. 327.
Hartley, Robert, 309.
Ilort'B Horn Inn, 309.
Harwood Hall, 278.
Harwood Magna, 2S4.
Haslam, Jamis. of Falin^. 162.
Hailin^en, 322.
HasUngden, Robert de, 332.
Hatch, John, of Preston, a benefactor to

Fulwood School. 435.
Hattock of Com, 172.
Haudley — Uawdley, 278.
HauDton, Roger de, — "* '
Haut, The, 164,166.
Haverington, WiiUam de, 405.
Haveringga, Richard de. Archdeacon of

Cbeat«r, 300.
HaTenham, Lord, 406.
Havenh waits Chapel, SIO.
Hawell. Richard, 376.
Hawkes. Thomas Esq. 169.

Hawkshead, 61 1,617; originaU* a Chapel
under Dallon, 518.

Hankshoad HaU, 518, 020.

Haworth, Alexander, 341.

Uawortb, Nathanael, 304.

Ilaydock Lodge, 264.

Uaydock, John, Esq. 313.

Haydock, Mr. williara. Rector of Stan-
dish, 393, 394, 396, 396.

Haydock, llichard, of Chorley, 3G4.

Haydock, Sir Gilbert, and Joanna bis
daughter, 217, 2.35 261, 262,264,

Haydock, Simon, and Johanna his wife.

471.

Hayhunrt. Mr. William, 289.
Hayward, Mr. Thonuu, Vicar of Gar-

Btang, 409.
Ilealey, near Bomley, 312.
Heapy, 3se.
Heapy, Robert de, 382.
HeaBantforth,312,3I3,
Heathcote, Sir W^illiam, Bart. 222.
Heatoa, Robert, of Wcstleigh, and Mary

biB wife. 181.
Holme, Christopher, 422.
Hetme, Edward, 403.
Henry, Robert Fits, 200.
Heppewell. Henry do. Lord Bourcbier,

Hcppewei, Rob. do, and iilargaret, 363.

Herle, Mr. Charles, of Win wiek, 262, 27(1.

Hericbhall. 172.

HeachaiD, 655.

llosketb, Alexander, F^q. 162, 179, ?fi3.

Hesketb, Bartholomew. IGI, 162, 363.

Hesketb. Bold Floetwood, 194.

IJesketh, GabrieL 161.

Hesketh. Hugh, 194.

Hesketh. Monacba. 3.^3.

Heikcth. Mr. of Manor, 418.

Hesketh, Mrs. of Rufford. 367. 370.

Heskoth, Rot. Charles, &I.A. 400, 466.

Hoikoth, Robert, 191. 355, 630.

Hesketh. Roger, 195, 459.

Hesketh, Sir .Tohn, and Alice Fitton,

366.367.
Hesketh, Sir Robert, and Sarah his wife,

464.

HralcBth, Sir WiUiam, and Matilda his

wife, 284, 3S3, 362, 366, 367.
Heaketh. Thamaa, 164, 194,385, 353.
Heiketh. Thonua, Eeq. of Ruffard, 201,

368, 377.
Heilceth, Tbomu, of Aughton, 162 1

Stanley and Birch, hi* aons, lb'2.
Heafceth, Thomna, of Walton, 291.
Heaksth, Williun, 162, 360.
Heateth, William, a Chwitrj Prieit, 344.
Eeikin Hall, 373.
HeituD, Nicholaa, 394.
Uesliin, ThurataQ, 394.
Uelon, Sir Alan, and Margei? hil

danghMr, 3S4.
Dej, ElIiB, 270.
Hey, Mr. Thonuu, 162, 269.
Hejea, Mr. 174.
Heyaam, Church of, given to Lancaater

Priory, 573.
Heyiham, Chapel of St. Patrick, 655.
Heyaham, Clement Royds Esq. Patron

of, 656.
Heyaham. Eeelegiaatical antiquitiea of,

556.
Heyahain, Mr. 434.
Heysham, Mr. George Parkinton for*

merly Patron of, 666.
Hejaham, Pariah of, 685.
Heyaham, Robert, of London, hia charsc-

ter, 434.
Heyahain, ThomMGreiievode,Rector of,

5S6.
Heyabam, William, M.P. for Lancaater,

hia character, 435.
Eeyton, Aricia, 2.'13.
Heyton, Henry de, 223.
Heyton, Robert de, 263.
Hoywood, Jane, 186.
Hoywood, Tiioraaa, E»q. 225.
Heyworth, William do, Biahop of Uch-

field, 345.
Uibemia, John de. 166.
Hicklin;, Robert de, 382.
Hiet, James, acme account of, 353, 360,

361, 364, 377, 378.
Higbam, William, 421.
Higham, William, of Gooaenargh, 428.
Hiffginion, Richard, of London, 400.
Hifl, Mr, Henry, a Chaplain, 202.
Hilton, Richard, of Leigh, 181, 186.
Hilton, Samuel Chetham, 181, 183.
Hilton. Samuel, Esq. 183, 184.
Hilton, Sir Robert de, of Svine, and

Margaret his wife, 557.
Hind, Mr., Bohoolmaater of Warton, 660.

Uindele, Adam de, 254.
Hindele. Richard de, 264.
Hindle. Mr. John, 306.
Hindleigh. 255.

" 'Tall. )

igh, 256.
Hindloy Chapel, 254. 25.?, 266.
Kindley. Chnatopher, Vicar of Ribche*-

ter. 473.
Hindley. John, of Hindley, 255.
Hindlej, Margaret. 618.
Hindley, Mr. 162, 255.
Hindley, Mr. Robert, 1S2. 255.
Hindley, Mr. Robert, Rector of Angh-

ton, 256.
Hindley, Thomaa, Gent. 255.
Uocton, Adam de, 382.
Hodgkinson, Thomaa, of Preston, 46S.
Hodgeon, Albert, Eaq. of Leighton Con-

Hodgaon. Hannah, 437.
Hodgaon, William, 366.
Hodaon, Jane, wife of Richard Cardwell

Eaq. 396.
HodsoD, Richard, 385.
Hogg, Mr. John, Miniater of Livernoo],

192.
Hoghton, Adam, >on of William, of

Eccleaton, 371.
Hoghton, Dorothea, 211.
Hoghton Henry. 195, 289.
Hoghton, Henry Bold. Bart. 196, 291,

Hoghton, Sibella, irife of Sir Richard

de, 464.
HoglitoD, Sir Cbarlca, 382.
Hoghton, Sir Gilbert, 290.
HughtOD, Sir Henry. 290, 292, 296, 424,

463.
Hoghton, Sir Henry Philip, 363, 470,

472, 476.
Hoghton, Sir Alexander, 471.
Hoghton. Sir Richard, 291, 382, 383,

463.
Hoghton, Thomaa, 466, 464.
Hrighton, Thomaa, of HoBhton, Eaq. 290.
Hoghton Tower deaoribed, 383.
Horcroft, Edmund, of Dalton Hall, Eia.

492.
Holcroft, Geffrey, 270.
Holeroft, Gilbert do, 266.
Holcroft Hall, 264.

5B8 INDBX.

Holeroft, Heni7 de, 26S. ] HolUxd. Bir Thnratan de, 66(1.

Uolcrofc, Jubn, fouada a Chantrj at

Holland. Thomas, Earl of Kent, 668.

TunaUll, 490.

llollinrare, alias Holliiiferry, 239.

Esq. wife of Sir Richard SUndigh,

Uolllngfare, a Chantrv, 239.

Holtiiu Hall. 304.

Iloleroft, Margaret, wife of William de

Hadelyffo, 26S,
nolcrofb, Sir John, 266, 447, 575; his

Holrae, Edward, 219.

Holme, Hugh, of UphoUand Iloose, 249.

Holme, Mojrieli, 249.

Holeroft, Richard de, BGS.

Holme, Handle. 171.

Holeroft, Sir Tliom«, 287, 567, 673, 575.

Holme, Rev. John, of BUckbum, 281,

Holeroft, Thomai. Esq. 676.
Holden, Adam, 332, 334.

2S3.

Holme, Rev. Mr. 311. 319.

Holden, Andrew, 334.

lolme. Rev. Thomas, 249.

Uolden, Betty, wife of Ilanry Green-
wood, Attorney-at-Law, 332.

lolme. The, in Cliviger, 334, 33fi.
loliworth, Thomas, 1^4.

nolden Choir, 333.

Hole, Aleiander, of Little Mitton, 478.

Holden. Gilbert de, 332, 334.

lolte, Francis, Esq . 477 ; Alice bit wife.

Holden Hall, 334.

Holden, Henry, of Holden, Eeq. X32.

477

1 Holden, John, Esq. of Boltou-le-SandB,

548.

Holt, Mr. 394.

Holdfn, Mary, daughti-r of John, of
Paiace llous^ 332.

Holt, Mr. Edward, 252.

Holt, Mrs. Jane, of Shevington, 3,'H.
Holt, Preston, of Mearley, Esq. 312.

Holden, Italpli, 332, 334.

Holden, Rauf, Abbot of Wlialley, 33i>.
Holden, He». Beni., Rector of StavBtey,

Holt, Thomas, 478.

HoKo, James, Esq. of Castlelon Hall,

and Dorothy ll opwood, hU wife, 334.

233.

Holden, Robert, of Holden, Esq. and

Holte, John, of Stabbylee, Esq. 478.
Hofe, Mr. John, of Shrewsbury, 477.

Martha hi. wife, 332, 334.

Holte, Robert, of Castlelon, Esq. 285.

^_ 333.

^^^ Holden, Thomas, of Todd 11*11, 334.

476. ' ' '

^^M Holgatd, Eliza and Amelia, 313.

^^H Holgate, Robert, and Kllen his wife, 313.
^^^1 Holber Hall, 4!I6, 499. 500, 604.

478. . 1 .

llolyne-greene, 239.

Uolyrood Palace, 167. |

^^^1 liam, and sipter of Edward, wife of

^^^H tjir John Egerton, 265.

Honoriu<i, Pope, 111. 618. 1

^^^M Holland. Cutlo of. 260.

Hooker, Richard, 522. 1

^^^1 Holland, Joan, daughter of Sir Robert,

Hoolc, or Mneh Hoole, 376. ■

^^F 384.

Hopwood, Dorothy, 334. ■

^^V Holland. Marjraret. daughter of Mr.

Hopwood, John, of Uopwood, Esq. 334. ■

^^H Adim. of Newton. 372.

Hopkins, Dr. of Warton. 5,57. ■

^^^L Holland. Margery. 384.

^^^^^^^ Holland. Maud, 268.

Hornby, Edmund, Esq. 413. ■

^^^^^^K Holland. MonaatcrT of, 166, 268.
^^^^^^H HolUnd, Priory of, 166, 166, 181.

Hornby, Hugh, of Liverpool, 417.

Hornby, Joseph, of RibLy Hall, Esq.

^^^^^^H Holland. Ricliard, 206. 208.

423. 424. 449.

^^^^^F Holland. Rob. de, 226. 406. iS60. | Hornby, Mr. John, of Kirkham, 419.

^^^^^^"^ ioUand. Sir Adam de. 406. \ Hornby of Ponllon, 437.

^^^P - Holland, Sir Riehard. of Denton, and , Homb», Rev. Hugh, Vicar of St. Mioh-

^^H Ameria hia wife, 265. aol's, 449.

^^^B Holland, Sir Robert de, 164, 166, 166, ! Hombv, Rev. John Jamea, Rector of

^^^^_ 181. 2.5!«, 293. 384, 406, 676. 'W'inwiek ; his Sermon on the re-

opeabiff of hU Chorob ;
mlilj, 263.
smbv, lUv. William, Vioa
Michael's, 449, mO.

Hothoni, Mr. CliarleB, Rector of Wigau,

246.
Hothersall Hall, ITS.
Hough Hall, Dur Vfigta, 246, 249.
Hough, John. Yeoman, 361.
Houffhton, Nicbolw, Curate of AltbatD,

308,311.
Houghton, ThomaB, 466, 469.
Hoaghton Tower. Heir of, appointg the

Parish Clerk of RibcboBter, 473.
Howard, Tliomas, Duke of Norfolk, 288.
Howe, E»rl, 307, 330.
Huddle^CoD, Adam de, 286, 287.
Huddleaton, Mites, Elaq. of WhiCtiug-

ton, 492.
HuddleetDD, Mr. 491.
Huddleston, Sir Richard de, 286.
Hudaon, JoIid, 452.
Hudson, John, of Ellerhecli Esq. 396.
Hud«oii, Jobn, of Lea, 456.
Hull, Rot. John, Curate of Walton-le-

dnle, 392, 294.
Hultne, William, of Hulme and Keara-

le;, Esq. 301, 323, 330, 331, 462,

468, 476.
HultoD, DaTid de, 276.
Hulton, Jane, dangfater of Christopher,

of Fam worth, 464.
HultoD, Richard, 276.
Hullon, William do, 275.
Hunter, JnbD, 522.
Hanter, Mr , a King's Preacher in Leui-

cashire, 233.
Huntingdon Hall, 476, 476.
Huntingdon, Sir Henry, Prieit, 281.
Hnntro>de, 344.
Hurst wood, 312.

Hutton, John of Marske, Esq. 560.
Hutton, Matthew, Esq. 559.
Hutton, Sir Timothy, 560.
HnttOD, Timothy, Eiq. 560.
Hutton's, Archbishop fttatthew. School

and Hospital, 669 660.
Button's, Dr., Collections, 464.
Hujton, 177-
Huyton Hey Hall. 179.
Hyatt, Mr. James, Rector of Croston,

366,

Hyet, Mr. James, 336.

Hyud, Thomas, of Overton, 437.

Hynd, William, 406, 441.

Ince Blundell Hall, 218.

Inoe Uall, near Wigan, 248, 24!l.

Ingham, John, of Whalley, 316.

Ingham, Mr., Curste of Coppull, 396, 397.

Ingham, Mr.. Curate of Gooinargh, 411.

Ingham, Silvester, 466.

Ingham, Sir Robert Clerk, 316.

Inman, Thomas, of SiWerdale, Esq. 6ST<

lufiliipu School, 461.

Ireland, Edward, Esq. 174.

Ireland, E]eanor,daughter of Sir Thomas,

216, 239.
IreUnd, Gilbert, Esq. 215, 232, 233, 239.
Ireland, Laurence, l(i2.
Ireland, Philippa, Duchess of, 404, 44a
IreUnd, Sir Gilbert, 167, 231.
Ireland, Sir John, 166, 174.
Ireland, Sir Robert, 166.

Irelimd, Tbomas, of Gray's Inn, Esq. 233.
laherwood, Nathaniel, of Boltou, and

Mary his wife, 315.
[sberwood, Thomas Bradsbaw, 316.

Jacltson, Jobn, of Preston, 283.
Jackson, Lettire. widow, 341, 342.
Jackson, Mr. Richard, H«ctor of Whit

tington, 492.
Jackson, Thomas, of Crimblos, 406.
Jacques, Mr. John, Vicar of Bolton le

Sands, 548.
Jacson, George, Esq. of Barton Lodge,

469.
Jacson, Mr. George, of Preston, 469.
James the First's " KegubtionB" for the

King's Preachers, 233.
Jenkinion, Robert, Merchant Tailor, of

London, 473.
Jenyns, Mrs- daughter of Lady Mojer,

504.
Joanna, Countess of Kent, 292.
.lohnson. Also, of Wakefield, 301.
Johnson, Alexander, Esq. 449.
Johnson, John, 393.
Johnson, Mr^ Patron of St. Michael's,

i

Johoaon, ThomM, 394, 3£

r

600 IMDU.

JobnBon, Thomu, of the Aorei, 186.

Kershaw, AUunder, of Ueikin Hall,

Johnaon, Tlioman, Rector of Hataali, 173.

360, 373.

JohDBOii, William, Veoman, 370.

Kersliaw, James, Clerk, 342.

Johnston, George, citiien of London,

Kemhaw, John, 342.
Kershaw, Ralph, 360.

197.

Jolly, Mr. ThomM, MiniBter of Altl,»m,

Kershaw, Sir John, 343.
Kertmell, 866.

308.

Jollj, Timothy, 316.

Kidd, Mr. John, 220.

Jonsa, Mr. SunuBl. 378.

Kiddson, Mr,, Minister of Hombv, 486.
King, Dr. John, Bishop of London,

Jump., the name of a Coat, 269.

Juion, Archbishop, 275, 27S, 279, 301,

252.

307, 309, 318, 320, 323. 325, 329, 332,

King, Thomas William, Esq. F.3.A.,

350.

Tori //araW, 220.

Kinge, Mr. John, 402.

Kay, Mary, daughter of Rogor, wife of

King's Preachers for Lancashire, 233.

Robert Nuttall, 306.

Kinsman, Rev. Arthur, eiecutor of Rev.

Kay, Mr. Neville, Vicar of Walton, 223,

Hen^Halsted,316.
Kippax, Rev. Richard, of Burnley, 309,

230.

Kay, Mr. Richard, of Woodbill, 306.

316,336.

Kay, Rev. Roger, Prebendary of Soram,

Kirby Irclith Chapel, 516.

305, 334.

Kirby Irelith,624; etymology of, 624.

Grange, M.P., 368; Eliiabeth Legh,
hi> wife, 368.

Kirby, Mr. John, 524, 526.
Kirkhy, Agnes, 626.
Kirkby, Alatander de, C25.

Keck, G. A. Logh, Esq. 359, 368, 377.
Keene, Biahop, Il6, 241. 301.

Kirkby Chapel, 229.

Kirkby, Colonel Roger, 626.

Kellet,Adanide,fi50.
KeUflt, Chapel of, 648, 550.

Kirkhy Cross destroyed, 826.

Kirkby, George, Gent. 460.

Kellel, GUbert de, 479.

Kirkby Hall, 826.

KeUet, Goditha, daughter of WiUi.in,

Kirkby, Henry, of Cross Hall, and Mar-

son of Orro de, 480.

garet bU daughter, 641.
KirkV Ireleth, \ncar of, 61 G.

Kellet. Orme de, 650.

Kellet, Over, 560.

Kirkby Irelelh Vioan^, S16, 624.

KeUet, William de, 479.

Kirkby, John de, author of the Ingutit

Kemne, John, Archbishop of York, 431.
Kenide, Deanery of, 647 ; united to

o/ror*(Aire, 526.

Kirkty, Roger de, 625.
Kirkby, Roger, Esq. Impropriator of
Hawkshcad, 520, 626.

Loudale before 1291, 647.

^^ Kendall, Thomai and Christopher, 322.

^^^L Kenion Hall, 264, 266.

Kirkby, Sir Richard, of Kirkhy, 448.

^^^H Eenion, Jordan de, 265.

Kirkby, William, Esq. of Kirkby, 626.
Kirkby, William, of Ashslaok, Esq.

^^H Kennett, Ur. 464.

^^H Kenricbe, Jamea and R«bert,206.

^^^B Kent, Richard, of Liverpool, 168.

Kirkham, 399, 414, 449; the Church

given to Lancaster Priory, 673.

^^^1 lor, 466, 468.

Kirkland Hall, 410, 411.

^^^H Kenyon, Adam de, 265.

Kitchen, John, of Hatfield, and Pilling
Hall, Esq. 413, 668.

^^^H Kenyon, Ameria, wife of Sir Richard
^^^1 Holland of Denton, 265.

^^^1 Kenyon, Ann, 304.

Roger Sherburne, 401.

^^^M Kenyon, Mi«e>, of Borinloy, 248.

Knolle, Richard de, 401.

^^V Kenyon, Mr. Roger, Minister of Aeering-

Knolb, Vicnr of Bolton le Sands, 550.

^^B ton, 304.

KDott,Mr.Jamei,MinistorofBrougbton,

■ Kenyon, Mr. William, Minister of
Ha«k>head, 619.

467.

Knowles, one, of Sowerby, 421.

Kenyon, Mrs. Alice, 303.

Knowles, Thomas, of Sowerby, 481.

Keppel, F. Walpole, Esq. 409, 413.

Knowsley, 177, 200.

IHMS. GOl

1

L»ngdal<^ Uarmaduke, Urd, 220; Fran-

1

ma* de, 200.

, oei hU dautrbter, 220.
Langho, 286; JlBCovory of a Kijit-vaBn.

Kuenldi, Dr. 352, 364, 382. 439.
Kjghlej, Kichard,245.

286; tradition of a battle there, 286;

Kjnayara, lloberl de, 563.

Whitaker-a un>ucces>ful ejiplora-
tions, 28S.

1

LMh, WilHsm, 276.

Langho Chapel, bailt of materials from

Whalley Abbey, 2S7.
Langho, Manor, 286.

Lacy, Alice, daughter and heireu of

Henry, 29S, 317.

Lmj. Edmund de, 309, 343, 471.

Langley, Mr. Jamea, .180.

Liitj, Jolin. 359.

Langley,ThomaB,BijiiopofDurharo,143.

Ucy, Ilbert de. 298. 317. 328.

Lnngo, 286.

Lacy, Robert de, 304. 309. 317.

Langton, in tba county of Leicester, 26S.

Lacy, Roger, 300, 318. 379, 388.

Langton. Abraham, 267.

Lacy, Walter de. 571.

Langton, Cornelius, of Kirkham, and

EliMbeth his wife, 419,

Laithwayte, William, Alderman. 201.

Laitua, Anthony. Eaq. Impropriator of
Kirlcby Irelath, 525.

Langton, Gilbert, of U*b. 265.

Langton, Jamos da. 244, 246.

Lambahith Manor, 642.

Langton, Jano, wife of Laurence Raws-

LsmbeH, Mr. Joieph, 514, 515.

tome, 468.

Lambert, Mr. Jo»cph, of Kandal, 666.

Langton, John de, Clerk, 243, 246.

Lambert. Tliomu. of Kendal, Em|, m-

Langton, John, ion of John He. Clerk.

Eamed the lumamo of Fenwiek, 480.

243,246.

Lomp-light, an old tenure, 576.

Langton, Joiiaph. of LiTerpool, Eiq, 468.
Langton. Mary, 383, 392, 394.

Lancaiter a Roman Station, 429.

Langton. Mr. 467.

LancMter, Agues, widuw of William, 408.

Langton, of Kilkenny, 260.

Lancaster, nlanch, Doehess of, 317, 43(1.

Langton, of Lowe. 255.

Lanea»tar Castle, 429.

Ijington. Ralph de, 244. 281, 290. 291.
Langton, Richard, and Pbilippahia wife.

l.oncnitcr, Cbartulary of, 547.

Laocastcr, countr, made a Palatinate,

230.

430,461.

Langton. Richard, of Lowe, 260.

430, 575.

Langton. Rieh.rd. Rector of Wigan, 245.

Langton, Robert de, 243, 244, 250, 255,

Uncaiter, Henry, Duke of, 164,191, 31.3,
317, 328, 336, 430, 441, 449, 674.

262, 273.

Langton, Robert, of Lowe. 2.^6.

Lancaster, Hirtorj of the Duchy of, by

Serjeant Fleetwood. 429.

466, 468; tlarnrct his wife, 466.
Langton, Roger, of Chester, 467.

Lancaater, lloapiul of 8t. Leonard, S74.

Lancaiter, John of Gaunt, Duko of, ISl,

Langton, Sir John de, and Alice, 243,

317,430,462,674.

283.

Lancaster, lighla for the Chumb of.

Langton. Sir Henry dc, 291.

483.

Langton, Sir Thomw, 243. 245, 291.

Lancaiter, Prior of, 618.

Langton, Thomas, 243, 245.

LanciBtcr, Priory of, 170, 398,399,414.

Langton, Thomas, Capell, 245.
^gton, 1-homaa, of Kirj^hara, I-^sq. 416.
.angton. Walter, Bishop of Lichfield.

413, 42fi, 431, 466, 483, 547, 673.

276, 299, 300.

634.

Unglon, William, M.P. 466, 468.

Lancaiter, Thomai, Earl of, 317, 387,

Langtree. Mr., of Scarbnck, 416.

474, 675; Alice hi> wife, 317.

Lappage, Mr. Edward. Minfiter of New-

church, in Pendle, 339.
L'Arbalastier, Galfrid. ancestor of the

Uncaater, William de. 372. 403, 404,408.

409, G3.\ 540, 557, 667, 668.

444. J ' .
4h

1

Lathikiii Chapel, 200.
LkthsD), Rictisrd, Esq. Patron of Eccles-
ton, 371, 372.

Ulhwn, William, 372.
lAthom, Edirgin], of Parbald, 373.
Lathom, Han^, of MoBBborrow, 213.
Latbom, Hr. Pnul, Rector of StandUb,

392,395,
Lathom, Mrs. Elimbetb, 3!I3, 394.
Latbom, Itobert, 1<>8.
Latbom, Robert de, 164.
Latbom, Sir TbamsB, and iBabella hia

heireu, 164,177,900.
Latbom, Thomas, of Parbold, 168, 170,

373.
Latbom, William, 393.
Latbom, William and Ann, 170.
Latbum, Robert de, 177, 17S, 213.
Latimer, William, Lord, 203.
Latua. Ferdinand, and Elizabeth his

daughter, S41.
Latua, John and William. S40.
Laud, Arehbiahop of CanterimrY, 277,

303, 325, 358.
Laund, Monaatery of, 21 1.
LauiflDce. Sir Judbb, 406.
Laorence. Sir John. 441.
Law, Edmund, BiBhop of CorliBle, 503,

506.
Law, RsT. Mr., of Aakbam, in Weat-

moniland, forty-nine yeart Curatsof

Staveley, 506.
Lawrinion, Nicholas, Gent. 450,
Lairion. Mr., a bene^tor to Augbtcn in

Halton, 554.
Lawton, Mr. of Proscott, 214.
Lajlield, Dr. CharlsB, soma account of

him, 357, 361.
LajSeld, Edward, Archdeacon, 358.
Lajfield, Mr., ofCroatoo, 333.
LByboome, Bishop. 434.
Lajboum, JameB, a Lancaahire Reca-

lant, 433.
Laybura, William, Gent. 433.
Lm Hall, 464.
Lu, Henry dc, 464.
Lm, Bibilla, wifo of Sir BiohtuU de

Hoghten, 464.
Lea, William de, 464.
Leadboater, Rev. Henry, 36S.
Leadbeater. William, 267.
Leake, Mr. John, Vicar of Tun atall, 4.91.
Leck.aliaa Ororlelie, 491.

I Lee, Alice, wife uf Thomu Aahton of
Croaton, 352.

Lee, Henry de, 406.
I Lee, Mr. 528.

] Lee, Sibil, wife of Sir Richard Ilo^hton,
3S2.

Lee, Sir Henry, 3S2.

Lee, Sir Wilbam de, 388
' Lee, William del, and laolda, 353.
I I^S^y> Samuel, Esq. a benefactor to
I Childwall, 166.

I Legh, Edward, a35, 517.
I Logb, Fleatwood, Eaq. SGS.

Legh, Gilbert de la, 335.

Legb, Mabella, wife of Peter, Esq. 480.
' Legh, Madam, of Bank, 370.
' Legh, Mr., of Bank, 269.

Legh, Sir. of Lime, 233, 2«5, 479.

Legh, Mrs. H. M., of Bank, 368, 3C9.

Legh, Oliver, B.C.L. 359.

Legh, Peter. 236, 241, 271, 388.

Legh, Piers, of Bircb, 236, 242.

Legh, Rev. Ashbumbara, and Martha
Ann his daughter, 314.

Legh, Richard, of Lyme, Esq. 271, 368,
480.

Logb, Sir Peler, and Joan his wife, 236.

Legb, Sir Pater, of Lyme and Hajdock,
261,264,265,376,480.

Legb, Thomaa, Esq. 236, 241, 264, 271,
273.

Leicester, Roger de, 555.

Leigh, 180.

Leigh, Dr. 324.

Leigh, Edward, of London 263.

Leigh, Ed word, of the Abbey, 259.

Leigh, Edmund, and Amabilia hia wife,
1 353.

' Leigh, Holt, of Whitley Hall, Esq. 253.

Leigb, Mr, William, Minirt«r of New-
ehiireh, 270.

I,«igh, John, of Sandhills, 222.

Leigh, J. S., Esq. 222.

Leigh, Right Honourable Thomas Pein-
l)eKon,257,260.

Leigh, Sir Robert Holt, Bart. 266, 260.

Leigh, William, B.D. 205, 393.

Leigh ton Conyers, 563.

Leighton Half, in Warton, 559.

Lench, or Lenches, William, 276.

Leotii, the Architect, 211.

Lever, Ralf, 364.

Lewis, Rev. William, of Childwall, 16S.

Leybun],Mr.433.

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i

INDBX. 603 j|

LcjUnd, Slanor and Hundred, 370.

Lon.dale, George, son of Mr. John, 304. 'l

Lej-land, llalph, of Little Hoole, 379.
Leylimd, Richurd BdUbd, 222.

Lonadale, Henry, of Field Houso, Esq.

228.

Lcjland, ThoiDM, \H5, 222.

LoBtook, Dora. Robert de,244.

Leyiand. ThursWn, of Ctarton. 386.
■■ Liber KecleaiiD de Whallflj," 303.

Low Hall, 248, 250.

Low, James, 273.

Licence for non-residenco granted. 245,
Lichfield. Roger, Bishop of, 197,231, 243,
244, 247, 2(il, 276, 323.

Lowchur^h,orLaw,269.

Lowick Chapel. 540.

Lowther, Sir Thoroas, of Holhar, 572.

Lidiate Abbey, 174.

Lowther, Sir Thomas, S04, 611.

Lidiato, Benedict de, 173.

Lowther, Sir William, 501. 511, 572.

LidiateUall, 173.

Lowther, Sir William, of Marske, and

Lilford, Lord, ISl, 182, 189, 23).

Katherine bia wife. 499.

Lincoln, Earl of, 313, 417.

LoTton and Golborne constituted a Rec- |

Lincoln, Henry, Earl of, 298, 299, 304,

to^, 262. 1
Level, Francis, Viscoant, 268. ,

3ia, 319, 335, 363.

Lincoln, John Lacj, Karl of. 274, 2S4.

Level, Gilea, Prior of Lancaster, 431. '

Undall, Lindale, 604.

Lovel, John, fifth Lord, 258, 292. ,

Lindlev, Abbot of WhaUev, 298.

Level, r^rd, of Tichmerah, 292; of Uol- !

LindseV, Walter de. 408.

land, 292.

Lion, John. 207.

Lovel, Lord William, 181, 182. ,

Lisle, Arthur, Viscount, 509; Francee

Lovel, Sir John, 181, 292. I

his daughter, 609.

Loxam, W. 389. '|

Lister, Thomas, of GlBbum Park, Etq.

Loxham, Mr. Thomaa, 465. i

337.

Lucy, Joan, daughter of Alice, wife of

Litherhu.djo3itaHaUal],161.

BaDulfdeDacre,565.

Littlowood Hall, 358.

Lumley. Mr. 414.

Liverpool, 190.

Lumloy, Lord, Patron of Wharton. 658.

LiTerpool, Castle of, 190.

Lnmtoy, Sir llarmaduko, 058.

Liverpool, Corporation of, 190.

Lumley, Sir Robert de, and Lacy hi.

Liverpool, John de, 191.

wile, 557. 1

Liverpool made a Parish, 191, 192.

Land. aliM, Cragi. Richard. 404.

Liverpool, two Rectors of, 191.

Lnnd Cbaotry, 424.

Liajurs, Robert de, and Albreda, 317.

Lund Chapel, 424,

Lyme's, uliver, Almshouses, 206.

Livesey Hall. 278, 297.

Liveacy, Henry de, 29«.

Lynacre, Thomas, M.D. 245,

Livesey. Jainos, 2^6.

Lyndeaey, Christiana de. 403; wife of In-

Liveapy, John, 283.

gelram de Ghianes, 404, 408.
LynJMy, Walter, son of William de,

IJveiey, Ralph, 2M.

Livetey. Ralph, of Li*escv, I>q. 297.
Livoaey, Robert Bell. 298.

657.

Lyndwood. William, author of the Pro-

Lofwic, William, .on of Rolmrl de, 640.

I.yon, John. 168.

Lomai, James, of Clayton Uall, E8q.284.

Lytham. 446.

Lomai, John, E.q. 284.

Lytham Coll. 447.

Lytham Hill doseribed, 447.

330. ' '

Ljtlmm Priory, a Cell to Durham, 574,

Longridge Chapel, 474.

Lythgoe, Matthew, 186,

Longiievilliers, Margaret, daughter of

8ir John do. wife of Geoffrey do

MacclesliBld, Fltton, Earl of, 174.

Neville, 482.

Miobael'i, St. 339; a Saxon Parish, 409,

[«ngwonh, Jamei, of Liverpool. 371,

448.

384.

Maohelasd Vlf,403. 534.

fjjngworth, Hi.!hard. Esq. Bailiff of Gar-

Mochell. .Tames, of Hollow Oak. Ewi.

.tang, 412.

637 ; hi. urn John, 537 ; ImImIU hii

Lonsdnle, Deanery of, in Lancathiw, 479

wife, 637. ' 1

1 . — -

6Q4 INDEX.

Marsden, Mr. Robert, 320.

Marsden, Rev. Mr. of Walton, 206.

MKhell. John, and William hi> ion.

Marsden, Rev. Thomas, and EUzabeth

pnrehMers of Coniahcad, 569.
Ma<:fieU.J.Fenny,Eaq. 543.

his wife, 223, 224, 22S.

Marsh, John, of Bold, 209.

Mackerell, Robert, Chantry Priest of

Marsh, Thomas, 170.

Lancaster Hospital, 432.

Manhall, James, 259.

Madderer, Robert, ClfBcial of the Arch-

Marshall, Mr. William, Vicar of I^n-

deacon of ChBrtor, 359.

caster, 4.32.

6 aghall, 176.

Marshall, Mrs. Margaret, 199.
Jlorslmll, Mr. NichohLs, il.A. 645.

Maghull Hall, 175.

Maghull. 175; pronounced Mail, 175.

Marshall, Thomas, 544.

Maghull, WilUara do, 175.

Marshall, William. 54G.

^ agole, 175.

Mafham, Henry, 337.

Marssball, Guide, 344.

Marsshall, John, LL.B. 343.

ft alliDBon, Mr. JoLn, 177.

Marsshall, Richard, 344.

S an, Henrj-, Bishop of. 527.

Martbolmo Hall described. 2S5.

S an, Olaye, Lord of, founder of Rushon

Martin, James, Virar of Preston and

Abbey. 571.

King's Preacher, 234.

Martin, William, of Preston, 465.
Marton, George Richard, Sherift' of Lan-
casLiro, 550.

Mancheater, Grelle. Warden of, 169.

Manchester, Lord Bishop of, 460.

Mancknolls' family. 328.

Marton, George, of Capemwray Hall,

House, 328.

M. P. 431, 650.

MMHergh, Thomas, of Dorwick. 661.

Marten, Oliver. Esq. 550.

Manaergh, William and Daniel, Htl .

i arton, Rev. Oliver, 431, 650.

Mantle and Ring, 281.

MwMchal, William. 497.

ft aryona, Wyon de, 313.

ft ascy, Francis, E.q. 232.

Mareaclial, William, the elder, Earl of

ft ascy, Hugh, of Tatton, 232.
ft ascy. Sir llamon, 232.

Pembroke, 498, 566.
Marjoribnnks, Sir John. Bart. 345; Janet

Ilia daughter, wife of Itobert Shuttlo-
worth Esq. 345.

J ason. Alderman, 252.

ft ason, Franais, 263.

ft ason, Henry Clerk, of I^ndon, some
account o^ 252.

Markham, Uiabop, 496.

Markland, Jame. Hoywood, Esq. D.C.L.

ft ason, Mr.. Vicar of Hawkshead, 518.

335.

ft ason, William, 366, 368, 394.

Markland. Jeremiah, 169, GVr2.

ft aasey, Fraucia, 232.

Markland, John, 502.

ft asiey. Richard, 239.

Blarkland, Mr., of Pemborton, Ueir to

ft aasey, Thomai, ISO.

Sir. Waltbe-, 259.

ft assey, William, of Hixton, 239.

Markland, Oliver, 262.

Masste, Dr., Heelor of Wigan, 246.

J aster. Charles Legh Hoskln., Esq. 362.

ftlarkhind, Ralph, Aldermui of Wigan,

251.

Master, Dr. Riohard, has a Lease of the

Markland, Kalp!., Esq. M. P. 260.

Tithes of Cartmel 498; soma ac-

MarkUnd, Hot. Ralpli, Vicar of Child-

count of him, 499.
Master, Legh. M. t. 354.

wall, 166; a letter of bii, 169.

Markland, Robert, 259.

Master, Lieut. Colonel W. Chester, of

Markland, Sir William, and Elizabeth

Knole Park, 499.

hisdaaghter,216.

ftlaater, Margaret, daughter of Dr. Pilk-

Mariden within Cohie, 336.

iugton, 362.

Marsden, Eli«abeth. wife of tho Rev.

ftlaster, llev. J. 8. 363.

■ Sandford Tathain, 483.

Master, Rev. R. M. of Rojle, 315, 370.

Manden Hall, 3.17.

Master, Robert, D.D. 354, .156.

Marsden, Henry, Esq. 483.

Master, Sir Streynsham, 3C2.

Maraden, James, 297.

Master, Strx-ynsham, D. D. 353, 354, 362,

Marsden, Jobn, of Wennington, Esq. 482.

370.

Mather, Mr. Smmael, 238.

KUther, Mr. lliomas, 566.

Matthewa, Jamei, Vicar of Wlmllej,
303, 311, 319.

Mftude, TbomiB Holme Eiq. and Eliza-
beth his wjfp, 417.

Maudealej, Adam de, 369.

Maudeitey, Robert, Esq. 36(1,373.

MandeBley, Thurstan, 280.

MaDliverer, Isabel, daughter of Sir
Richard, 279.

Mauliverer Sir Richard, 279, 395.

Klaunfol, John, Rector of Wigan and
Lord ChonceUor, 242, 243.

Mawdesley, Henrv, 2S0.

Afawdesler, Mr. Richard, 207.

Kfawdetley. William, Ea^. 175.

Mayfield, John, of Stayniog Hall, Gent.
438.

Major, Robert, 549.

Meales, 194.

Meales, Hugh de, 381.

Meales, Robert de 194.

Mealea, William do, 381.

Mearlej Great Mall, 310.

Mediolanum ~ Milsine, 429.

MeloB, William de, Corodor of Leyland
Churcli, 379.

Melinge, 176.

Mellier, Rii^hard, 614.

Meliing, I7(>, 461. I

MoUinges Church given to Lnncacter
PrioTT. 673.

MmI». North, 194.

Morccr, Andrew, 227.

Merclesden, 336.

Mercleiden, Richard de, ClerV, and Ro-
bert his son, 336.

Merclesden, Robert de, 313.

Mere, Isabel and leolda. 353.

Mere, 8ir John de In, 363.

Merivall Abbpy, 163.

Meachinea. Raualiih, founder of Cocker-
Band Abbej, Q68; and of Caldcr
Abbey, 571.

Meulind, Roger de, RiBbop of Lichfield,
307.

Middlemore, William de, and Margerr
his wife, 336.

Hiddleton, Colonel George, 563; Mary,
daughter and heiresa of Sir Georjje,
wife of Somerford Oldfield Esq. 6(J3.

Middleton, Geoffrey, Esq. and Atiion
Croft hii wife, Ma.

Middleton Hall, 417.

Middleton, Jane, 171.

Middleton, John, 529, 531.

Middleton. Mr., 480.

Middleton, Sir Robert, of Leighton, and

Ann hie wife, 427.
Middleton, Sir George, Knt. and Birt.

6SS.

Milner, John, and Alar;, of Colne, 225,
226.

Mitchell, Mr. of Heptouatall, 325.

Modie, Richard, a conforted monk, 392.

Molinee, Edward, Rector of Walton,
222.

Molinee, John, Esq. 362.

Molines, Sir Adam de, 1 76, 229.

Molines, Sir Thomas, 222.

Molineg, Thomas, 371, 379, 406.

Molines, Vivion, 176, 216, 229.

Molines, William dea, 216.

Molyneux, Adam, 167. 216.

Molyneiii, Adam, Biahop of Chiebeater,
216, 219.

Afolyneax, Alexander, 225.

Molyneux. Anthony, 216.

Molyneux, Charles William, tenth Vis-
count, 224,

Moljneox, Charlea, elcTenth Viieount,
216.

Molyneux, Edmund, 249, 259.

Molyneux, Edward, of Ganton, 168.

Molyneux, Gilbert, of Hawkloy, E«q.
and Joanna bis daughter, 370.

Molyneux, Hon. Richard, 177.

Molrneux. James, Archdeacon of Rich-
mond, 216.

Molyneux, Caryl, Lord, 162, 218, 382.

Molyneux, Lord, 163, 371, 384, S46.

Molyneux, Margaret, 216.

Molyneux, Richiu^, second Viscount.
176, 178.

Molyneux, Robert, 176.

MolvneuK, Sir Richard, 164, 178, 216,
217, 219, 373.

Molyneux, Sir William, 167, 216, 217,
219, 224. 362. 384.

Molyneux, Sir ViTian. 226.

Molyneux, Thomaa, of Pemberton. 261,

Molyneux, William. Viaoount, 177.

Mohun, Lord, 407.

Mohun, Lord Charles, 173.

Monk, Elizabeth, wife of Curwen Riw-

liU:

1, 6{)y.

Uoak, TbomM, and Fnacoi Phau-

girnet. hit »if*, 50S.
>Ioiita)ri. Kdiiuil, £rjt Lord, i>i.
Montagu. Duke of, ^iSi.
MoaMpi, ii*or^, Uufcg of, 309.
Honlwii, Loid, 317.
HontaKO. lUi^ Dob of, 3i»-
Mmtb^oo. A4mb d*. 4S2.
UontliMon. H«U7 d«. 4S2.
MaatbwM. NkbolM d«. «H.
lloBtbMoa. Baser de, 377, 440, «S, 487.

480. tn.

UoBtMgla. Lotd Edwwd. 4Si; hu Will,

48fi; Ann hi* wife, 4S3.
Monlca^e, Lotd Morlef ttnd. 4S^
Monteule, Sir Thonui Stanlrr. Lord,

4S6.
l>lont«agte, TboniM, Lord Morie; aad.

4H2.
Montea^Ir, Thonu*. (Mond Lord, 4S3.

669.
Montotgle. WilliuD Pwker, Lord Moi^

ley mi. 55.1.
Montekgle. WiUiwn. third Lard. ^12:

*''''^hr1*'. hii dsDchter »od heuMt.

4ffi7^
Moor Hall, 163. ,

Hoor. Mr., 553. i

Moor. Sir Edward. 191.
Moort lUtUal, -ISA. I

Moot-hall of Wigan, 246.
Mardaont, Charie* Lewij, 173.
Mordannt, Genenl, 173.
More, Mr. George, Mini*l«- of Calk, 1S4.
More, Sir CIbtb, 234.
Store, Sir Peter de la, SS4.
More, Sir Edward, 224.
More, Sir Thomaa, 191.
More, Sir William, 324.
More, WiUism d« la, 224.
Horcton, Bishop William, 217.
MoretOQ, Dr. Edward, aome account of,

217.
Moreton, Mr«. 317, 220.
MorloTi, 1S3, 1S4.
Morlej, Lord, 4P2, 483, 4S4, 4S«.
Marlej, liobert, 289.
Morley, Thoma*, 289.
Slorrei, Mr. HsDry, Minister of Bum-
ley, 310.
Morrii, Tbonuu, of Hcapy, 385.

■ , Bacon, of York, Esq. and

M««, Ada>, 16«, 187, 18gL laS.

Mott, Ann, 15«, 16f7.

M«t, TWiai, ls7. ISS.

*''^^^ E*rtof. 387,429,444, 446,

,,<^AUenoo, 168.

M(*wek, TWas, of Hoatonhoad. uid

Moton, Walter de. 476.

MoKui, Williun de. 478.

Montioi in France, 216.

MoTcr, Lady, 5&1.

Muckril, GeoixTL. 5»H.

ilulgraw, Conttanlinc. Baron, 525.

MulMMi. W. af ^luttingtam, 475,

>lttntast«r. Batwi of. 5&.

Muncasler. Lotd, 532.

Slurray, Lord Oewr. 16S.

Murray, Richard, bu khb, 169.

Najlour, Mr. ISO.
Neigfat>out~niw,ChurehB'ardeiiiiietBnied

bT, CAS.
Nerile, Gnffrer de, 492.
Nerilf, John, Lord of Rabr, Mid £1i^.

beth bi« wife, 203.
XeTiU, Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert,

wife of Sir William fiarringtoD, 4S2,

Nerilr, Margaret de. Duchess of Exeter,

coDttitnted a new Reetorr

and Pariih 270.
Newchureh in Culchetb, 269.
Newchureh in Pendle, MS.
Xewchureb in Itoneudale, 340.
Newton Hall, 273-
Newton in ilakerfield, 271 ; tbe Oiapd, '

originally called Kokeden. 271;

■ liltbjRic" ""

272.

y Richard Lcgh of Lyme Mf .

Anni

637.

Morritt, J. B. Sawrey, of Kokebj, Esq.

1, the Church of EtnanuGl com
tuted the Parish Church and Bae-
tory of, 273.

Nicholson, .\lice. of Bartel, widow, 455.

Nonant, Hugh ds. Bishop of Lichfidd.
293.

Noreross, WiUiam, 474.

NonnitD, Mr. Thomas, 272.

Nonnoles, 194.

Norrei. Aun, daughter uf Thomas, 1S5.

Norr««, Mai^ret, 185.

607

Norrea, Robert, of Bolton, 1S5.

NorrcB, Sir Williani, 177.

Norrojs, AUn le, 167.

Norreys, Sir Henry, 167.

Nonis, CathBrine, 169.

NomB. Kdwsnl, 16S. 1^.

Norris, Hugh de, 249.

NoiTJa, Mar;, 167<.

NorriB, Mra. 209.

NorriB, Mrs. Margaret 164, 166, 170.

Norris of Speke, Lodge's Padigroe of,

203.
Norrie of Satton, Lodge's Pedigree of,

Norria, Sir William, M.P. 169.
North, Fredaiick, Esq. 34S.
North, Joan, Abbess of Sion, 429.
North, MileJi, of Kirkby LonsdnJo, Esq.

489.
North, Richard, Eiq. 492.
North, Hichard Taalroin, Ebo. 489, 491.
North MeaU, 194.
North Mesli Hall, ins.
Northcott, Mr., MiaiBterof Derby Ch»-

pel, 226.
Nowell, Alexander, Esq. 284, 344.
Nowell, Christopher, 322.
Nowell, Colonel, 285,
Nowell, Dean, 294.

Nowell, John, Esq. 28S, 289. 1

Nowell, Laarcnee, of Moarley, 344.
Nowell, Roger, 285.
NuttaU. Christopher and Lydia, 342.
Nnttall, John, father of Lydia, 342.
Nutlall, Robert, Eiq. 305, 306.
Nuttail, Robert, of Kempsey Hotue Eiq.

306.
Nuttow, John, 341.

Oabes, Elizabeth, '254.
Ogles, Raroni of Bothill, 204.
Oidficld, George Middleton, Esq. 663.
OldBeld, Sir Philip, of Somerford, 663.
Oldfietd, Somerford, Esq. 663; Marr hia

wife, daughter of Sir George Mid-

dteton, Bart. 563.
OldbaiD, Rot. John, owner of WycoUer,

327.
Orrell, Charlea, Eaq. 204.
Ormcrod, George, Eaq. 186, 314.
Ormcrod, George, of Ormcrod, Gent. 314;

Agues bis daughter, 314.
Orraerod Home, 312, 314.

Ormerod, Laurence, Esq. of Onuorod,
314; his daughter Charlotte Ann,
and wife Martha Ann Legh, 314.

Orraerod, Mr. 315.

Orraerod, Hot. Oliver, 314.

Orraesehirche, 196.

Orraakirli, 196, 197.

Odbaldeaton, Alexander, E«q. 375.

OBbaldeitoD, Dame Elena, 283.

Osbaldeaton, Edward, 282.

Osbatdeston, Eliubetb, 281.

Oabaldeston Hall described, 282,

Oabaldeston, John, 281, 383.

Osbaldeaton, Mr. of Sanderland, 283.

Oabaldeston, Richard, SSI.

Osbaldedton, Sir Alexander, 277, 283.

Oabaldeston, Thomas, 282, 381.

Oswald wiale, 322.

Oawaldwisle, Philip de, 322.

Otway, Braithwaite, Esq. 650,

Otway, Dr. Charlea, 550.

Otway, Sir John, of Ingmine, 660.

Oughton, Richard, Merchant of Liver-
pool, 409.

OTerburrow, anciently called Drctne-
tonacEB, 489.

Orerielie, or Leetc, 491.

OTorton, 441.

Overton, alias Waterville, 442.

Overton, Chapel of, 673.

Owen, Thomaa, of Biapham, 267; Mary
hia daughter, 257.

Padiham, 343.

Padium, 343.

Padaa. 343.

Paget, Right Hon. WiUiam, 569.

Parbold Hall. 373.

Park, Catherine, wife of Richard, 2»2.

Pariter, Archbiahop, 2S4, 646.

Parker, Edward, Esq. 327, 337.

I'arker, Elizabeth, daughter of Tbomaa.

of Browsholme, wife of Alexander

Butlerof Eirkland, 451.
Parker, Captain, and EUiabeth Banaetre

his wife, 382.
Parker, John le, 327.
Parker, John, of BradWrk, C^nt. 418.
Parker, John, of Extwiale, 313, 314.
Parker, Mr. of Alkincoats, 326.
Parker, Mr. John, of Holden Qough,

315.
Parker, Mr. John, of Kirkby Ireleth,

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Penay, WitUam, Mnr., and William,

junr.. 609.

Pannja, Two Mr., 607.

Penwortbani Cell, 367.

PenwoHhain Church, 387.

Psnwortham Hall and Priorj, 36S.

PeDwortham Manor, 387.

Penwonham MaaaBter}', 380.

Peploe, Mr., Vicar of Preston, aidi in
the endowment of Warton Chapel,
427 ; and in the building of Kulwood
School, 435 ; and in building and
endowing; St. George's Cbapel in
Preston, 466; bis son not forgatten
by him, 468 ; his Letter to Bishop
Castrell, and real in building and
endowing Grimsargh Chapel. 470.

Peppard, Henry, of Drogbeda, Eiq.220.

Peroivall. Richard, of Ijrerpool. 168.

Perrj, Rehecco, daughter of Sir Hugh,
wife of Sir Kobert Bindloaa, 561.

Pesfurlong Hall, 265.

Petre, llnnrj. Esq . of Dunkonhaigh, 283,
295, 322, 324.

Pickering, Margaret, daagbter of James,
wife of HicWd Butler of Rnwcliffe,

Pickering, Mr. 230.

Pickering, Mr. Robert, Rector of Cros-

ton, 357.
Pictarenais, Rogor. I(>3.
Pi cup, J., Esq. 306.
Pigot, Geoflrey, 350.
Pigot, George, Esq. 481.

Ii,351.

dio, n

ieniT, B.I.

•.e of, 350.

B.D, Rector of Brin-

PiFe of Fouldrey, 6i7, 527.

Pilkington, Dr. Jamea, Bishop of Dur-
ham, 430.

Piltdngton, Jamei, 269, 357.

Pilkington, Mr. 35.% 368.

PiUdngton, Mr. William, Rector of Cros-
tOD. 397, 362; Margaret bii daugh-
ter, wife of Rev. 8. Matter, 3it2.

PiUdngton, Sir John, and Lady, 281.

Pilling, 413.

Pilling Hall, 413.

Pilling ancient Cbapel. 413.

Pilling modem Chapel. 414.

Pilling, the Manor of, 413.

Pimlot, John, 314.

Pimlot, Mary. 315.

Pimlot, Williun, Esq. 314.

Pincema, Almerie, 219, 230.
Pincema, Hamo, 371, 382.
Pincema, William, 230.
Phice. Isaac, Curate of Ilaalingden, 334.

Pleasington Hull, 278.

Pleasington, Henry and Robert de, 279.

Plomb, Mr. 162.

I'lumbe, John, Esq. 162.

Plumbe, Sarah, wife of Thomas Winck-

ley, Esq. 464.
Plumbe, William, of Wavertreo, Esq.

Plumpion Hall, in Ulverston, 036, 537.

PlumptoD, Henry, 212.

Piumfiton, J. 213.

Poictiera, Earl of. founder of Lanosster
Priory, 573.

Poictiers. Roger of, 190. 456, 461, 482.
483,495.

Poictou. Roger of, 1 70, 1 76. 397, 353. 371 ,
379, 395, 399, 400.414. 426, 430, 431.
547, 552. 555.

Pontefract, Prior of, 326.

Pool, Richard, 446.

Pool, William, Esq. 235,

Poolcy, Captain Richard, 484, 486.

Poolton Ciiureh appropriated to Lan-
caster Priory, 458. 673.

Poolton in the Fylde, 456.

Port, Sir John, of Etwall, and Elizabeth
his daughter, 262, 349.

Porter, Richard, of Lamberhurst in
Kent, Eiq. 377.

Porter, WiUiara lo, 503.

Poatlethwaite, William, yeoman, 544.

Preody, Benjamin, D,U. 344.

Preedy, Chariotte, wife of L. G. P. 8tar-
kie, Esq. 344.

Preei, or de PratU, 406.

Preos Hall, 417.

Preei, Monastery of. 403, 404.

Preos, William de. 417.

Prescot, 203.

Prescott, 203.

PrcBcott, Mr. Henry, 246, 259, 319.

Prettkote, 203.

Preston, 399, 449, 461.

Preston, a lloyal Manor, 461.

Preston, Adam de. 313.

Preston, antiquity of the Gnmmar
School of. 464.

Preston Chapel dedicated to St. Geoif e,
466.

Preston Church given to Lancaster Pri-
ory, 461, 573 ; afterwards to the Col-
lego of L ' '""

J

PreBloD, Cbriatoplier, of Holker. Kaii.
611.

PreetDn, Geoi^. of Holker, Eaq. 498,
667.

Preston Guild Merchant. 4R3.

Preston. Hospital of St. Mary Magda-
lene. G75.

613, 572.
Preston, K&therine, wife of Sir William

Lowther, 499,511,572.
PreBtoD, Monastery of the Grey Friara,

676.
PrsBton, Mre. Anne, 601.
Preston. Sir John, 496, 611, 612.
Preston, Sir Tliomas, Burt. Oil, 613,

672.
Preston, the chief seat of the Palatine

Caarta,461.
Preston, Tboraas, "a Papvite Atbciste,"

617.
Preston, Thomas, Esq. a Frotestnot,

G72.
Praiton, Thomas, of HoUier, M.P. 490,

500.
Praaton, William de. Chaplain of Baj-

ley, 474.
Prestun of Prestun, 675.
Price, Mr. Fmnois, Vicar of Blackburn,

276,280,28ti.287.
Proctour. Mr., 4.14.
Pngin, Mr. A. W. 198.
Pullej, Richard. 562.
Pultney, Daniel, M, P., 454; his Por-
trait, 454.
Pultun, 399, 573.
Pje, William, Gent. 472.

Quallejo, 300.

RadclifTe, Adam dp, 322.

Hadcliffc, Ann, 1EI7,411.

Hftdcliffe, Earl of Susiei, 323.

Hadcliffe, Joan, 295.

HadolitTe. John, of Radclitfe Tower,

Radeliffe, Robert, Baron Fitziralter, 2G5,

323.
RadclifTe, Robert, of RadeliOe, 187.
Radclifie, Roger, Gent. 281.
Badclifffl, Samuel, of Bnuenose, 225.
Rwlcliflb, Sir John, 296, 307.

lUdeliffe, Bit Richard, 320; Katberine

hie wife, 32[).

Radcliffe, Sir Thomas, 265.

RadcUlfe, Svbil, wife of Richard, 319.

Hadcliffe, William, 322.

Radclitfe, WilUaro, of Wimmersley, 187,
319, 411.

Rttdelifte, William, Rouge Croii, 295.

Radclvff, Alys, of Thalleya, 322.

RadclVff, Thorn's, of Wymu'legh, 322.

RadrlytFe, William de, of Itadclyffe
Tower, 265.

Radley, Mr. William, of Salford, 392.

Rainford, 213.

Hflinfon), Edward, 214.

Rainford, Uallerr built, and Chapel re-
built, in 1768 and 1781, 216.

Ramside, Ramstead. Rampside, 614.

Ranicars, John, of Atberton, 184, 264.

Rant, Roger, 356.

Hasbothara's, Mr. Doming, M8S. !89,
217.
- " - - , of

504,61

n of Curven,

Rawlinson, Dr., the Antiquary, 604.
Itawlineon, John, of Greenhead, 609.
Hawlinson, Mr. 622.
Rawlinson, Mr. I>., Vintner, 623.
Rawlinson, Mr. Daniel, fatber of Sir

Thomas, 61S, 6I!I, 621, 533.
Rawlinson, llobcrt, Vico-Chancellor of

ClieBtor,504.
Rawlimon, Sir Thomas, 504, 6t3.
Rawlinson, Thomas, Esq. of Graithwaite

Low Hall, 622.
Rawlinson, William, of Greenhead, Esq.

504, 607; Margaret hin wife, 504.
Rftwstomo, Laurence, Esq. 388, 390, 467,

466; Jane Langton, wife of Laurence,

468.
Hawstome, Lieut. Col. 3i

Read UiilL344; rebuilt by Richard Fort

Esq. the put
Redmayn, Adam

purchaser, 344.

Redmayn. Elizabeth, sister of John, wife

of Roger Croft, 563,
RodmayD, Klattbew de, 563.
Reet, Mr. Richard, of WigaD, 244.
Reinfrid, Gilbert Fits, 409, 534, 657;

Ilelewise bis wife, 634.
Rclio, a Norman, in Croston Charch, and

the Vicar's receipt, 366, 361.

Jltmarki on Em/liih Churchu, bj J. U.
Marklund Esq. 335.

KibbleebeBtcr, 429.

KibchesCer.an ancient cit;,47l ; s Roman
fortreii, 471 ; full of interesting Ro-
IDBD relica, 471; now a Tillage, 471;
at Domesday, included in Whalle;,
471 ; an appropristion of the See of
Chester, 472; tlie Manor of, 471; two
Cliantriea in tlie Church of, 472.

Rice, Jamei, 221.

Richardson, Ann, 180.

RicbardiDD, Thoniu, 270.

nichBrdaon. William, Reader and School-
maatcr of Blawitb, 638.

Richmond, Archdeacon of, 4S7, 46S, 4S!>,
511, 633. 635, 547, 648, 673.

Richmond, Archdeacanry of, bUG.

Richmond, Margaret, Countess of, 211,
644.

Richmond, Jlr., Rector of Liverpool, 408.

Richmond, Mr., Hector of Walton, 408.

Hicbmond, Mr. Richard, Rector of Wal-
ton, 228.

Richmond, Mr. Silveater, 409.

Richmond, Mr., Vicar of Garatang, 4U7.

Richmond W., Archdeacon of, 545.

Uiddell, Edward, of Swinburae Caatle
K«q. 439; Dorotbj his wife, daugh-
ter of Robert Dalton of Thumham,
439.

Ridlej, Bev. T. Y. 666.

Rigbj, or Ribhy cum Wraj, 426.

Uigby, Alexander, Esq. 363, 373, 374,
457.

Rigby, Edward, of Bargh, 363, 395.

Bigby, General, 417.

Rigby, James, &[.A. 323.

Higby, John, of Middleton, Ksq. 37B.

Rigby, Mr, Thomas, M.A., of Uroughton

Bigby, Mrs. Abigail' 433, 473.

Bigby, Nicbolai, of Harrock, jun. 201,

Rigby, ReT. Adam. 373, 376.

Rigbye, Captain Rigbye Baldwin, 374.

Rigby B, Eleanor, 374.

Rigbye, Bev. John Baldwin, 374.

Rigbye, Thomas, 374.

Bigmnydcn, Joan, wife of Sir Juhn de

Coupland, 448.
Bigmayden, John do, 448.
RigmaydcD, Walter, of Wedaere, 411.
Ripon Church and Monastery, :i!)9.
Rippon, Juhn. 549.
Risley ilall, 265.
Rialey, John, Qsnt. 266.

Rishton, Edward, E^sq, 305; Lucy Figot

his wife, 306.
Rishton, Geoffrey, Esq. of Antleyj 305.
Bishton, Mr. H., Curate of Accnngton,

305,324.
Biahton, Bbv. Edward, of Mitton, 306.
Biahtoa, Rev. George, of Ualton, 305.
Riahton, Robert de, 322.
Rizton Chapel, within Warriogtou

Church, 232.
Rixton Hall, 234, 236.
Riiton, Katharine, daughterof Alan, 233.
Roades, Mra. Frances, 474.
Robertson, R«v. Joseph, Vicar of Hom-

castle, 607.
Robinion, John, of Barley, 340,
Robineon, John, of Finsthwaite, 610,
Robinson, Margaret, daughter of Ed-

Bobinsonl Mn., now Novell, 344.

Bobinion, Bev. Josias, M.A. 344.

Robinson, Richard, of Enxton, 372,

RobinMin, Richard, of Finsthwaite, 510.

Robinson, Richard, of Watsrsido, 610.

Roe, Thomaa, Gent, 460.

RogertBon, George, of Preston, Gent, 46S.

Bogertson, J. 46.'i.

RogertBon, W. 465,

Itokcdene Chapel, 262, 263,

Romanus, John, Archdeacon of Rich-
mond, 399, 431, 466.

Roote, Ann, 410.

Ros, William de, 657,

RosGoe, William, Esq. 168.

Boss, Col. Malcolm, 187,

Boss, Harriet Susanna, 327.

Roasall, 468, 469.

Boisall Hall, 400.

Bosse Hall, 398.

Ressendalo, account of the Forest and
Chace, 340; of the Cliapel formerly
called « Sedenayse," 340, 341 .

Rossendale, Newohurch in, 340.

Rotheram, Archbishop, 320; hie CoUega,
321.

Rothwell, James, of IIoolo, Esq. 467.

Rothwell, Mr, 472.

Rothwelt, Mr. Richard, 21&

Bothwell, Mr. WiUiam, of LeyUnd, 380.

Both well. Rev. James, 218.

Rothwell, Rev. Richard, SIS.

Roule. Sir Richard, Reader of Coniiton,

Hans, Bilph Ic, 328.
Bowe, Sir WUUam, 364.
Rowley, 312,313.

Rajdt, Clsment, of Mount Falinn, Eiq.

556.
Hojle, 312.

Rufibrd IIoU describod, 35».
RufTord CiiBpelry made a Paruh, 367-
Rufford Manor, 356.
Rofforth, 366.
Rubleo,313.

Ronie ioBcription on Cbipping Font, 402.
Riuhea Abbej, in the Isle of Man, Bome

OGcoimt of, S7I.
Rnthtoi), Ralpb, of Antlej, 30G.
Rushton, Robert, of Uannishope, 306.
Ruilutd Chapol, filO.
Rasain, 671.

Rycroft, Mr. ■WiUiam, 327.
Rjder, Mi. Jobn, 263; Home acconnt of

hira, 264.
Rjding, Richard, 089.
Rf ffmaden, 408, G73.
RjIbj, John, Priest of Burniej, 312,
Ryloy, Mr. John, 472.
Ryley, Mr. John, Rector of Croiton, 357.
Bjley, Mr. Thomai, Curate of Lund, 425.

SachBvereU, Dr. 454.

Bagar, Mr. 313.

Sailsbary Hall, 278.

Salebury, Award de, 279.

Saliibury, Marqueu of, ICS, 168, 226.

Somleebury , 292.

Sunlosbury Hall deecrihed, 294.

Samleebur;, Cicelv, 294.

Sarolesbury, ElicalMth, 294.

Samlesbury, Goepatrio de, 292, 293.

Bancroft, ArcUbigliop of Canterburjr,282.

SDDdere,Tiiomaii,CleFk, Miniater of Ros-
aendale, 341.

Saudi, Adwn, a benefactor to Coutton,
509.

Sands, Captain, 507, 509.

Sandji, Archbuhop, 607, 506, 520, 526;
constituted llDiWhBhead a Fiirieb
Church, 51B; WiUiam and Mirgarat
his pareubB, 519 ; Samuel his kid,
520, 621.

Sandra, Barbara, wife of Miles Philipion

Sandys, George, the Poet, 522.

Sandra, Margaret, wife of Allies Dodding,

SandjH, Milei, Esq. 621,522.
Sandys. Mr. TliotDM, of Kendale, 523,
ri24

Sondya, Rev, Thomat, of St. JuneiV

WeatminBtGr,62l.
Sondye, William, of Colton Hall, tlaq.

669; Francis bis son, 569.
Sankey, 216.
Ssakey Magna, 215.
Sankey Parva, 215.
Sankey, Gerard de, 216.
Sankey, Ralph de, 215.
Sapieha, Prince Eustace, 194, 211.
Saterthwaite Chapel, .523.
Saterthwaite, Thomas, 521.
Savage, Ellen, daughter of Sir John,

and wife of Sir Peter Legh of Lyme,

Savidge, Richard, 368.

Sarigne. Monaatory of, 670.

Sawrey, Ann. daughter of William, wife

of Bacon Morritt Kiq. 537.
Sttwrcj, Collonel, 528.
Sawrej, Henry, aonr. and junr.,521.
Sawrey, Jeremiah, and Susanna hiswif«,

528.
Sawrey, Jobn, of Brougbton Tower, Esq.

629.
Sawrey, John, of Graithwaito Low UoU,

622.
Sawrey, John, of PInrapton Hall, 537.
Sawrey, John C, G,, Eaq. 528.
Sawrey, John Gilpin, Eaq. 628.
Sawrey, Milea. 622.
Sawrey, Richard (iilpin, Esq. 528.
Sawrey. Roger, Chamberlain of York,

Sayea, Henry, Abbot of, 482.

Saves, St. Martin de. 673.

Scariahrick Hall, 198.

Soarisbrick. Charles, 371, 376.

Scariabrick. Henry, and Isabel his daugh-
ter, 161.

Scariabrick, James. Esq. 161.

Scariibriek. Thomas, of Eccleston, Eiq.
173,198.204.

Scarsdale, Baron 307.

Scholfield. Jonathan, Alinister of Dong-
las, 376.

Schoolcroft, Mr.. Curate of Caton, 43B,

Sclater. Mrs. Margaret, 330.

Scrop, Sir Geoffrey Ic, 286.

Strop, Thomu, 286.

Seabroke, Mr. James, of livorpool, 254.

Sealea. Robert, of Finathwaite, 510.

Seatbwoite Chapel, 529.

Seeker, Archbishop, 301.

Seel, Thomu Molrneui Uniwortfa, Esq.

178, 180.
Sefton Hall, 218, 219.
Sefton, third Earl of, 216.
Sellat lUll, 492, 493.
Ssphton, 216.

Sepbtan Church degcribed, 216.
"Servieo Silver," 503.
Seton Priorj^Q Cumberluid, QT4.
Bewell, Bev. F. U., Vicar of Cookerbftni,

Shttkorlej, Mr.24e,247.

Sbukerle; Sir Geoffrey, 186.

Sharplea, Nieholu, 426.

ShaiTMlc, Tbomaa, 349, 360, 366.

Shite, AntLony, of ClaTtoo, 205.

Shftw, Cunliife, Esq. 423.

Shaw, George, 394.

Shaw, John. 394.

SbftW, Laurence, Vieor of Coeberham,

44G.
SliBw, Kir., a benefactor to Cartmel Fell

Chapel, 501, 503.
Shaw.iilr.Thoiiuu, Rector of Aldingham,

496.
Shaw, Rev. Samuel, Beetor of Warring-
ton, 233; BoiDo Bccoant of him, 233,

237, 2a8, 515.
6haw, Townfey Rigbj, Esq. 417.
Shav, William, 465.
Shaw, William CuDliffo, Esq. 423.
Bbeanon, Thomas, Etq. 434.
Sheldon, Dr. Gilbert, Archbiobopof Can-

terbui7,253,319.
Sbellej, Sir John, Bart., 464; Frances

Winckler his wife, 464.
Sbarbnme, Elizabeth, wife of William

Weld, 288, 401.
Sherburne, Hng'h, 474.
Sherbume, John, 473.
SberbuniB, Mario, danghtcr of Sir Nicho-
las, Bart. 288.
Sherbums, Mary, Duchoes of Norfolh,

469, 471.
Sherbume, Mr., of Goofnargh, 428.
Sherbume, &[rg. 4(i5.
Sherbume. Richard, Em. 288, 423, 473.
Sherbume, Robert, of Stony hnrBt, 40 1,

422.
Sherbume. Roger, third loii of Robert,

401; Iiabei Knollo bis wife, 401.
Sherbume, Sir Bicliord, 288. 304, 363,

471.
Sherdtey, Jboibb. 381.
Siierlock, Bicliard, D.D., 266, 270, 662;

Rector of Winwiek, 565.

Sherlock, Sir Thomas, 294.
Sherson, Thonma, of Lancaster, 406.
Shjrebum, Sir Nicholas, of Stonyhuro^

286, 422, 423, 459, 460.
Shiresboad, 407.
Shireshead Chapel recovered froul the

Dissenters, 407.
Sbire-side, 407.
Sbowley Uall, 278.
Shrewsbury, Abbey of, 414.
Shrewsbury, Duka of, 177.
Shuttleworth Hall, 344, 345.
Sbuttleworth, Ann, daughter of Richard,

Shuttleworth, Fleetwood, wife of Richard,

M.P. 409.
Shuttleworth, Henry de, and Agnes, 283,

345, 466.
Shuttleworth, Janet^346.
Shuttleworth. J. P. Kay, Esq. 316.
Shuttleworth, Mr., Vicar of Kirkhftn.

416.
Shuttlowortb, Nicholas, Esq. 449.
Shuttleworth, Riebard, of Bedford, and

Frances, 181, 182.
Shuttleworth. Richard, of Gawthorp«,

322,462,481,
Shuttleworth, Bobert, of Barton Lodge,

345, 469.
Shuttleworth, Ugbtred, 345.
Shuttleworth, Williara. of TumoTer Hall,

448; Margaret his daughter, 448.

iTordale Cbapcl, 663; a Chanlir -

Cartmel Monastery, 563; Mi

665.

Simnel, Lambert, 527.
Simpson, Mr. James, 503.
SinglotOQ, Great, 423.
Singleton Hall, 417.
Singleton Thorpe, 459.
Singleton, Alan de, 417.
Singleton, Alan, son of Bicliard de, 478.
Singleton, GUbert de, 467.
Singleton, James, of Staining, Esq. 469.
Singleton, John, of Singloton, 364, 417.
Singleton, Hichard. of Uroughton, 427.
Singleton, Robert, 464.
Singleton, Thomas, Gent. 417, 464.
Sion, Abbess of, I>56.
Sion, Abbey of, 556, 573.
Sion, St. Bridget of, 673.
Sixsmith, Robert. 262.
Skehoertdalo, formerly a Chnreli then.

1

GU IMDSX.

359,382. ' '

SbTptoD, James. Cdleror of Cockeraand

Stolmine, John de, 443.

Abboj. as-.

Slater, John, 643.

Stalmino, Adam de. 443.

Slalmine, Elena de, widow, 443.
Stalmine, Robert and William dp, 443.

Smetharat, Mr. Rlcliard, Minister of

Stalmine, William le, 573-

Stahnyn Chapel, 431, 433.

Smith, Baldwin, 213.

Stondish IlalL 392, 394.

Bmith, Biahop WiUiam, notice of, 211.

Standish, Advowson of, 390.

Standish Manor, 39fl.

Smitb, John, S2S, 226, 4S4.
Smith, Mfttthiai. 212.

Standish Parish, 390.

Standisb, Cecilia, wife of William Towne-

Smith, Mr. MicbolM, Rector of Tntliam,

ley, 391,561.

467.

Standish, Charles, of StandUb, Esq. 391,

Smith, Mr. Thoraw, Vicar of Cockerham.

394, 410.

408.

Standish, Dame Jane. 355.

1 Smith, Mr. Timothy. 2W.

Standish. Edward, 391.

Smith, M«. of Preston, 466.

Standish, Edward Towneley, 169. 391.

Smith, Rev. Mr. 438.

Standish, Henry, Bishop of St. Asaph,

t Smith, Sir Thomw, Major of Chester,

394.

212.

Standish, Hugh, 393.

Smith, Sir ThomsB, of Hough, 212.

Standish, Joanna, 427.

Smith, Thomas, 424.

Standish, John, knighted by Richard U.

Smith, Thomns, of Edge, 328.
BmJtb, William, of (^ulcbeth, 270.

391.

Standish, Jordan de, 391.

Bmitb, WilUam, of Kellet, 061 .

Standieb, Lady, 409.

Bonkev, Roger de.21S.

Standish, Margaret, daughter of Sir
Thomas Holcroft, wife of Riclurd.

South worth Hall, 26fi.

Southworth, Botno aeeomnt of the family,

386.

266, 267.

Standish, Margaret, daughter of Sir

Sonthworth, Elisabeth, wife of Thomas

Thomas, wife of Antliony Hall, 393.

Cotlam, 278.

Standish, Mr. Jamos, of Uuiburj, 305,

Sonthwortli, Ellen, wife of Robert Ura-

386.'

wick, 44ii.

Standish, Ralph, 386.

South worth, Juie, 2i>6.

Standish, Ralph, in the Rebellion of 1716,

South worth, John. Esq. 292.

390, 392, 561.

Standish, Richard, of Duibnry, Esq. 386.
Standish, Itebert. Reetor of, 300.

Standish, Sir Frank, Bart. 380, 393.

^ bis Wife, 294.

Standish, Sir Richard, 386.

Standish, Sir Rowland, 360, 364.

^^B Sonthwortb, William do, 448.

Stanley, Ann, wife of Sir Edward, of

^^H Speak HaU,IG6.

Hornby, 482.

^^H Speed, Mr, Hngh. of Che^tor, 496.

Stanley. Barbara, daughter of Sir Ed-

^^H Speke, some account of, 167.

ward, wife of Hey. Zacbary Taylor,

^^H Spencer, Hon. William, 409.
^^H Speneer, William, Lord, 400.
^^F Spofforth, Richard, VicarofDalton. 512.

419.

Stanley, Col. Edward, 198.

Stanley, Edward, Esq. 198.

^^™ St. Bees. Prior of, 018.

Stanley. Edward, Lord Slonteagle, 482.

' Stadagho, Laurance, 467.

Stanley, Edward, of Diekorstaflt, Esq.

Stadaugh, Laurence, 468.

197.

Stanley George, Lord Strangr, and the
Lidy Jane, 277.

side, S14.

Stuilej, JELtnea, D.D. Buhop of Ely, 4S2.
Stanley, Jolia, of .Mailing, 4S2.
SCanlev, Lady Henrietta Maria, 202, 261.
Stanley. Lord, 41T.
Btiuiley. Margaret, wife of William, Eaq.

281.
Stanley, Mn. Mary, 465.
Stanley, Peter, of Aughton. IRS.
' Stanley, Sir Edward, 2S2.
SUntey. Sir Edward, Bart. 261.
Stanley, Sir Jamea, 198.
Stanley, Sir John, ISi; habella hU wife,

164,177. 17tf, 191,213,261.
Stanley, Thomaa, Bishop of Sudor, 246.
Stanley, Thomas, Lord Monteagle, 439,

■140,
Stanley and Strange, James, Lord, 226.
StoDsfold, Mary, daughter of William,

of Euxton, wife of Dr. Seth Bnaholl,

442.
Stanefeld, Olivet de, 313.
Starliey, Jane, 186.
Starkey, Un. 324.
Storlcey, Rev. Jamea, 196.
Starkie, Alice, 329.
Starkie, Edmund, of Iluntroyd, .129, 344,

34S. I

Starkie, John. 184, 339, 343, 464; Ann |

hia wife, 184.
Starkie, Le Gendre, Eacj. 344; hii wife

Charlotte, 344.
Starkie, Le Gendre Nicbolaa, Eu. 344,

354.

Stones. Mr. John, of Carr Honae, 376,

377, 378.
Stonea, Mr. Thomas, 377.
Stonyhurat deacribod, 288.
Slopford, Jamei, 463.
Stopford, John, 361 ; David his aon, 361.
Storra Uall, 485.
Stout's, William, M.S. Journal quoted,

434,436.
Strange, Lord le, 363.
Stratiord, Bishop of CbesUr, 240, 244,

236,318,515,564.
Stratford, Dr. WiUiam, Couoa of Chrut

Choreh. Oxon. 636.
Stratford, William, Eaq. 453 ; Bishop

Gartrell'e Socratary, 63S.
Strickland, Thomas, of Siiergb, Eaq. 391.
Strickland, Walter, of Siiergh, Esq. 561,
SudcU, Mr. Christopher, Rector of Huy-

ton, 179; Rector of Holy Trinity,

Cheater, 465.
Sudell, Jaraea, a Woollen Draper, 46C,

466.

Starkie, Mr. William, 343.

Starkie, Nieholaa, 184,

Starkie, Pierce, Eaq. 31 1, 343.

Starkie, Thomas, Esq. 32!).

Starkie, Thomas, of Twiaton, 329.

Starkie, William, of Bamton, 344.

Staundon, William de, 307.

Slavulcy, 505.

Stephenson, Mr, John, Curate of Kirkby

Ireleth, 515.
Stidd. a Poriab and Rectory, 477.
Stidd Chapel, 476.
SUdd Hall, 476.

StiU, Mr., Minister of GreasiDgham, 440.
Stirrup, John, 273.

Stockport, Cicetey, sister of Robert, 456.
Stockport, Robert de, 454 ; Joan his

daughter, 434,
Stones, John, Eaq. 377.
Stones, Mr„ Clerk, of Walton, 223.

SuJFolk, Duke of, 183.

Suffolk, HeniT, Duke of, 496, 534, 637.

Sunderland, Lord, 287.

Sussex, Earl of, 667.

Sulcb. William, 200.

Sutton, Thomas, 187.

SwainsoD, John, Eaq. of Halton Hal),

653.
Swallow, Will.de, 178.
Swartmoor Hall. 636, 537.
~ Dglehunt, Mr.,of ParkHill,326.

QlDgh, John de,231.
Swyneshead Abbey in Lincolnshire, soma

account of, 571.
Swynlegh, John do. Vicar of Wiowiofc,

■2fil.
Sylcock, Tbomoa, Chaplain of Clitheroe,

Byngleton, Ann, wife of Evan Wall,4l7.

Tobley, Lord de, 456. 478.

Talbot, Ann, daughter of Thomas, 271.

Talbot, Bishop of Oxford, 676.

Talbot, Dorothy, daughter of John, of

Solebury, 2^.
Talbot, Edmund, and Jane hia wife. 281.

lUboC, Mr. Bkbard. of Bainler. 31S.
TUbot, NieholM, of BMhkll, 476.
Talbot, Sir Tbouua. of UAwdle* Hall,

278.
Talbot. Tbomu, Clerk of tbe Tower Be-

eordi, 279.
Talbot, Tbomai, of Bashall, 281.
T>Ibot, Tboinai. of Salebory, 279.
Tarbock BaU, 179.
Tubok, John, 176.
Tarieton, 368; an ancient Chapel there,

369; St. Helen'* Well.mucli reiortcd

to, ifUrwardi deaecrated, 369.
TarletOD, Edward, 22S.
Tatbam Fell Cbapel, 48S.
Tatham Ilatl. 488.
Tatbam Manor independent, 487.
Tatbun, Admiral, of Ilombv Cutle, 4^.
Tatham. Nicholas, uin of John, Egq. 480.
Tatham Hev. Sandford, Vicar of Dalton,

Tatteruill, John, 341.
Tattimall, Peter, 33S.
Taunton, John do, Pneentor of Uncoln,

3S4.
TaWor, Clement, 610.
Tftjlor, Col. 204.
Tkjflor, Elizabeth, wife of ComeUu*

Langton of Kirkham Ehj. 419.
Taylor, flenrj, 010,
Taylor, Jame*. 465, C21.
Taylor, John, of Moreton Hall, Eaq. 2S8,

302.
Taylor, Miles, of Lindall, C05,
Taylor, Mr., of Lending, 010.
Taylor, Mr. John, lucnmbent of Alt-
ham, 3oa
Taylor, Mr. Tbomu, Miniitor of Colton,

SIO.
Taylor, Bey. Zachaiy, of Kiricfaam, 419;

Abijail Ward, hi* widow, 410.
Taylor, Rev. Zachary, Rector of Croiton,

315, 354, 357, 41»; hia wife Darbara,

daughter ofSirEdward Stanley Burt.

419.
Taylor, Samuel, of Eccleaton and Moaton

Eaq. 204.
Taylor. Tbonias, 208.
Taylor, Tbomaa. Curate of Clitharoe, 322.
Taylor, WjUiftm, of Seword, 201.
Tempest, Col. Plumbe, 1C2.

Tempest. Stephen, 236.
TenDisoo, Archbishop, 319.
Tbiatleton, James, of Wrea, 227.
ThompMO, John, of Holme Island, Kaq.

553.
Thompton, Rev. Robert, Vicar of Kiriiby

Ireletb, 531.
Thorboc, 177.

Tborcsly, Cardinal and Archbiahop, 415.
Tbrelfall. Rev. Mr., of Lytham, 448.
Tbrcirall. Thomiu, of Whittingham, 421.
ThreUall, Thomas, 403.
Thnraarton, Priorj of, 231.
Thurlaud Castle, 4£KI.
Thurluw, Rev. Edward South, 194.
Thumbam Hall, 405.
Tliaraby, Rev. William, and Eleanor

Mary his wife, 314.

Tickle Thomas, 1

TUdealey, Ann. 185, 186.

Tildcsley, Edward, 186.

Tildesley, hlargaret, 25.5.

Tildealej, Richard de, 255.

Tildesley, Sir Thomas, 185, 188, 277, 467.

Tildealey, Sir Thomas, of Ufford, 267.

Tildealey, Tbomu, 186,

Tildesley, Thnratas, 185, 265.

Tisser, Kor. John, Eiocutor of Ber.

Henry Hatsted, 316.
Tockholes. 296; new Chureti built. 296.
Tomlioson, Mr. Richard, Vicar of Dal-

ton,5l2.
TompBon, Mr. Joaeph. Minister of Hal-

aall, 217.
Topclyffo, Abbot of Whalley, 318.
Torhoclt, Henry de, 177, 196.
Torbock, Robert, 196.
Torboko, Dame Cecil of, 169, 170.
Torre's Catalogue of lucumbeuta, 531.
Torrer Chape!, 542; Archbiahop Cran-

433.

Towera, Chriatopher. juor. M.P. 436.

Towers. Gilbert dc, 640.

Towera, Leonard, 627.

Towera, Leonard, of Holbeek, 529.

Towera, Rob. de, 540.

Towers, William, 53!).

1,376.

817

Tovne1ej,Cecilis,daagbterof Riohardde,

Townele?, Charlei, E«q. 312, 313, 314,

315, 391, 6S3.
TowDoley, George, of Leighton Conyora,

£sq., and Ann liia wife. 059, 663.
Towneley. Jobn, 311, 476, 563.
TowubIot, Peregrine Edward, Esq. 313,

315.
Towneley, Richard, Esq. 312, 318.
Townelcy, Sir John, 311, 34S.
Towrelej, Sir Richard, of Townoley, his

will, 31 1.
Towneley, William, Esq. 312, 391, 501.
Townleien Marbles, 313.
Townley, Ann, wife of Robert Porker,

Esq. 315.

Townley, Bernard, of Ilurstwooil, and

Agnes his wife, 31 1.
Townloy, Edmund, of Royle. Ejq. 315.
Townley, George, of Leigbton Hall, Esq.

659.
Townley, lleniy, 324, 47C.
Townley, Henry, of Dutton, 476.
Townley, Jenoot, wife of Mr. Ward, 476.
Townley, John, 311, 312,314.
Townley, Margaret, daughter and heiress

of Richard, wife of John Clayton

Esq. 326.
Townley, Margaret, of Rojle, 315.
Townley, Mary Penny, wife of Richard,

Esq, 637.
Townley, Miles, 311, 312.
Townley, Mr. Edmund, 310, 311.
Townley, Mr. Nicholas, of Royle, 308.
Townley, Rot. Edmund, Rector of Slaid-

bum, 313,316.
Townley, Richard de, 47G.
Townley, Richard, of Belfield, Esq. 472,

537.
Townley, Ricliard, of Dutton, 476.
Townley, Richard, of Hoylo, Esq. 313,

315, 316.
Townley, Thomas, 311, 3IG.
Townleys of Dutton, 472.
Townsend, William, 451.
Toxliche, Jobn and Anne, 170-
Toxtoth Park Chapel, 171; a tnditioa

of it. 172.
Trafford, Ann, 353.
Ttaflbrd. Edmund, Esq. 304.
TraiFord, John, of Croston, 353.
Trafford, Sir Tliomaa Joseph de, 353.
TrsTcrs, Jobn de, 464.
TrsTers, Laurence, of Nateby, 464.
Traven, William, 464.

Travis, Agnes, 182.

Travis, Mr. Henry, 185.

Travis. Mr. Peter, Rector of Halsall, 173;

Dorothy his wife, 173, 176.
Tulkot. 670.
Tulketb Hall, 464, 675.
Tulketb, Marmsduke de, 464.
Tunetall separated from Kirby Lonsdale,

Tunstall, Henry de, 4S9.

Tunstall, Sir Brian, 491.

Tunstall, Sir Richard, 481), 490, 492.

Tunstall, Sir Thomae, 49(J.

Tunstall, Sir William de, 489.

Turner, Anthony. Vicar of Dalton, 644.

Turner, Mr. John, 523.

Turner, Nicholas. 267.

Turton, Mr. William, 395.

Twenge, IiBbel,657.

Twenge, Lucy, Margaret, and Eatberine

de, 557, 658.
Tn'enge, Marmaduke de. 406, 667.
Twenge, Thomas de, 406, 557.
Tyler's, Wat, Mob. 391.
Tyson, Rev. M^ of Seathwaite, 630.
Tyson, Tbonuu, 630.

Civerston. 511, 534.

inverston Church, Dri^nally dependant

upon Urawiok. 518. 532. 535, 645.
Ulverston, Robert, Parson of, 61S.
Up-Holland, 258.

Urnuton, Richard, Esq. ISl, 182, 183.
Ur«wick,611, 543.
Urswick Chnrcb, originally dependant

on Dalton, G18, 635.
Urswick, Adam, son of Bemnlf de, C44.
Urswiok, Christojibor, LL.D. Hector of

Jlackney, 644.
Umwiok. Eliiabeth, wife of Sir Richard

le Fleming, 544.
UrswicV, John, 644.
Urawick, Robert, of Unwick, 448; Ellen

his wife, 448.
Urswick, Vicar of, 5IC,

1,340.

Vauac. Thomas, of Ganton. 171, 209.
Vcnablee, Hugh, Baron of Kinderton,
and Eatherine Hogbton bit wife,

618

VenableB, Joums, ittaghtet of Bofb,

200.
VeosbUf, Mr. 208.
" Vicangei, one of Heni; VIII,'»," tm

ironiciJ term, SOT.
Villien, Matthew, de, 230; Bestrioe bit

daughter, 230.
Villien, Psganai da, 230.
ViUieri, Robert de. 172.
ViiitelU, iln. Barbara, 266.

Waddington, 51r. Birhard. 303, 330.
Waddington, Mrs. KUen, 303.
Wainhouso, Rev. G., Vicar of Kirby,531.
WainbonM, Ricbard, Gent. 317.
Wainwright. Ellen, 171.
Wninwright, John, 171.
Wakefield, Aleiander de, Viesr of Omu-

tdrk, 107.
Wakering, John, Biiliop of Norwioh,

431.
"WalajB. IIetU7df,291.
Walayg. Richard le, 161.
WftlBton, Gilbert de, 222.
U'iklctOD, Warren de, 073.
W>letone,221.
Walker, Dr., 519.
Walker, Georse, B.D„ Mmiiter of 6t.

Jobn the ETi»igelitt'«, London, some

BcoouDt of him, 510.
Walker, Mr. WilUara, Rector of Brindle,

Wslksr^Mr. William, Vicar of WhaUey,

Walker! n«v. Richard, Vicar of Warton,

6G9.
Walker, Richard, of Seathvaite, 530.
Walker, Willilun, of Lower Place, Gent.

255; Maipr bit daughter. 255. |

Wall, Ann, wife of Juhua Marriott, Esq. :

417.
WbII, Anthony, 417.

WbII, NichoK 417. 1

Wall, Williom, non of Evan, of Preston, i

417, Ann his wife. 417. |

Wkllonsii, Richard, I^ord of Litborland, '

lei. '

Wallii, Dr. 352.

Walloni. Mr., Minister of CouUod, 508.

WalraoslBy, Uartbolomew, Eiiq.2S6, 287,

322, 324.
Walmeslcv, Catherine, vife of Robert,

Lord VotrB, 288, 322, 324.
Walrae.loj, Jamei, 297.
Walmeilcy. &tr., of Utand, 38

WalaiesleT, Sir Thomai, of DonkenluJgh.

283, 2SS, 295, 322. 324. 464.
Wolmesley, Thonus, of Ashton House,

Esq. 464.
Wftlmetlef, Thomas, of Donkenhalgb,

278.
Walmealcy, William, 297.
Walmeiley, William Gmard, Esq. 260.
Walmaley, John, Esq. of Richmond

Houae, 651.
Walney, an iiland, 616; an account of,

517.
Walpole. Sir Edward, 409.
Walsh, Mr, Curate of Liverpool, 3S1.
Walter, Herrev, grandfather of Theo-
bald, 448.
Walter, Hubert, Archbishop of Canter'

bury, brother of Theobald, 567.
Walter, Matilda, widow of Theobald,

448.
Walter, Theobald, 399, 414,448, 450, 466,

461, 667, 571.
Wsltbew, Elizabeth, danghter of Robert,

wife of Ralph MarkUnd Esq. 260.
Walthew, Richard, 250.
Walthcw, Robert, of Pemberton, Gent.

259.
Walton, 221.
Walton Mall, 222, 290.
Walton in le Dale, 289.
Walton, Ambrose, of Manden Hall, 327,

336; Klary Banastro his wife, 306,

Croi

Walton. Henry, 336, 337.

Walton, Henry de, 318.

Walton, Jane, wife of F. Maw, Esq.

Walton, .lohn, SUO.

Walton, John, Priest, 389.

Walton, Slary, wife of John Pearson,

Gent.. 336.
Walton. Miss M. A. Wroe, 306. 308, 337.
Walton, Mr. John, 227.
Walton, Richard de, of Marsden. 336.
Walton, Robert, and Helen hie daughter,

222.
Walton, Roger, and Margarel his daugb-

Walmesleyj Riotard,278. '

I Ward, Grace, 474.

Ward, Jennet, 476.

Wsrd, Mr., of Capeathome, 239.

Ward, Mr., Hector of WiJton, 171, 223,

Ward, Mr., Vicar of Leigh, 182.

Ward, Townley, Esq- ^76.

Ward, William, R«ctor of Heyshftm,

556.
Wareing, Eliubcth, wife of Rev. B. H.

Roughsedgo, 22S,
Wareing, Mr. Joshua, of Bary, 228.
Wsreing Thomu, of London, 421.,
Wareing, William, 422.
Warr, Jolm de la, 573.
Warren, Dorothy, 2S9.
Warren, Earl, 313.

Warren, Edward, of Pojnton, 289, 295, I
Warren, George, Boron de Tablej, 289. I
Warren, John, Eaq. 454.
Warren, Sir George, 2tt9, 455.
Wnrren, Sir Thomaa, of PoTDtcm, 455.
Warren, Williain, Earl of, 221.
Warriner, Mr. John, Minuter of Colae,

Warriofrton, 231 ,

Warrington Charity, 241.

W^orrington Cliurcb, 231.

Warrington Manor, 231.

Warrington School, 234.

Warrington, Trinity Cbapel, 24 1 .

Warrington. George, eecond Earl of,
231 ; Mary his daughter and heuMi,
231.

Warrington, Lord, 233.

Warton in Kirkhaio, 427.

Warton in the Deanery of Kendal, 657; '
conjecturea respecting a mined
building there, 57i>; the embattled
lUetor; Uouie, 676; described, 576.

Warton, Dr., 440.

Waterhouae, Michael, 282.

Watt, Richard, of Biihop Burton, Eiq.

Weld, Ilumpbre;. of Lulwortb Caitle,

167. 11

Webb, Balpb, Pariah aerk of Rochdale,

351.
Webb, Sir William, 217-
Webster, Laurence, 206.
Webster, William. 180.
Wodacre, 410.
Wedicar. 410.

Welch, Kobert, of Leek, Esq. 48,1.
Welch, Robert Uenryj E«q. 491.

Weld, Thomas, 218, 471.

Weld, WiUiara, 288, 401; Eliiabetb bia

wife, 401.
WoldoD, William, of London, 423.
WemvBS, Francis Cbarteris, 6th Earl of,

483.
Wemyas, James, fourth Earl of. 482.
Wemysa. Lord. 404.
Wentworth, Godfrey, of WooUey, M.P.

Werden, WUliam. 566.

Weat, WillUm,443.

Weatby Hall, 417.

Westby, Bridget, daughter of John, 448.

Westby, John, 448, 46?.

Weitby, Major George, 448.

Westby, Mr., of Mowbriclt, 418.

Westby, Thomas, of :Mowbrick, 4*8.

Weatleigh, ISO.

Weetroinater, Robert, Marquesa of, 265.

Wothorley, William, Vicar of Blaek-
bum, 276,

Wethney,571.

Whalley. 297.

Whallej Abbey, 302.

Wljalley, School of, 302, 489, 490.

Wballey Ann, 260.

WbaUey, Jamea, of Park, 323.

Whalley John de. Presbyter. 299.

Whalley, Mr. 162.

Whalley, Oliver, 189.

Wlialley, Pennington, Esq. 416; Marga-
ret his wiro, widow of Cutbliert
Clifton, 416.

Whalley, Hov. Tliomas, of Ilindley, 255.

Whalley, Richard, 463.

Whalley, Robert, 420.

Whalley, Roger do, 300,

Wheala, Sir Thomas, 377.

Whiston Uall, 204.

Whitater, Dr., of WTiaUoy, 241, 303,
.335. 346.

Whitaker, Mr. James, of Hoole. 373.
I Whitaker, Mr. Thomai, of Symondatone,
303.

Whitaker, Bbt. R. N, of Whalley, 429.

Whitaker, Robert, MJ}., of llealey,
' some account of his family, 316.

I Whitaker, Thomas, of Holme, 33S.

1

«

620 IHDEX.

White Half, 284.

204.

White EeDt. 171.

Willis, Richard, Esq. and Lucy his wife.

White. Ann, daughter of Charles, F.R.S.

265.

293.

Willoughby, Lord, of Parbaro, 186, 396.

White, Mr. Peter, MEniater of Poulton,

647.

646.

White, Riohftrd, Esq. 314.

Wilson. Eliraboth and John, 460.

White, Robert, Gent. 449.

Wilson, John, of Over Kollct, 550.

Wliitefield, Richwd, 225.

Wilson, Mr. Edward, of Netbcr LsTeni,

Whitahend, Rev, ThomsB, Rector of

490.

EcGlestoD, a?2; Rector of HbRdI],

Wilson, Mr. Tbomas.of Over Kellet, 551,

B53.

569; Margaret BraddyU his wife,

WhitBhead, Hicbard and John, 263.

569.

Whitewell, !□ Boliind Forest, 346.

Wilson, Sarab, wife of John Gale Esq.

Whitham, Dr. 232, 236.

646.

Whitmore, Willian. and George, of Lon-

WUson, Thomas, of Preston. Esq. 450;

don, 607.

after words ffrance, 450.

Whittacr*. William, of tlie Holme, 309.

Wilson, WilUam, 163.

Whittakar, John, 472.

Wilton, Thomas, Earl of, 265.

WhitUker, Mr. George, of Downliam,
330.

Wiocklev, Edward, Gent. 292.

Uiitorian, 241.

Winckley, Frances, wife of Sir John
ShBlley, 464.

Whittcra Abbev, in Galloway, flil.

Winckley, Thomas, 292, 466.

294.

Winckley, Thomas, of Bmckholea, E«i.

Wytt ngham, Robert, 466.

464: Sarah his wife, daughter of
William Plumbe. Esq. 464.

Whitt ngham, Thonuu, 294.

Whittngton,491.

Winstaoley Hall, 24S.
Winter, Mr. John, 405.

Whitt ngton Hall, 492.

Whittle, Andrew, 376.

Winwict, 260; the Manor annexed to

WhYtobeid, Robert, Chantrj Prieat of

tho llBclorj, 261 ; no Vicarage. 261 ;

Downbam. 329.

Church descHbcd, 263; rebuilt, 263;

Wigan, 242i tho Rectors the Manorial

Lorda,242; Church deseribed, 247;

Winwick Hall, 264.

Winwick, Jo. de, of Huyton. 178.

of St. Mary. 247; sundry pious offer-

Winwipit, John de. Parson of Wigan,

ings to the Chureb. 248 ; itenl of the

243.

Hon. Colin Lindsay. 248.

Wiresdalo, 445.
Witchcraft, 293.
Withers, Mr., Vicar of TonsUll, 490.

Wipui Hall, 248, 250. 251.
Wilbrabam, Edward Rootle. 17C.

Wilbrebam, Richard, of Rodo Hall.

Withers, Mr. Edmund, 554.

Withers, Mr. Thomas, kector of Halton.

176.

Wildbore, Dorothy, 410.

653, 654.

Wildbore, Mr. Aoguatine, deprived Vi-

Withers, Tbomas, 551.

car of lADcaster, 432.

Wodcokfce, William. 245.

Wilding, Isabel, of Kfrkliftn., 418.

Wolfflll Hall, 179.

WiUrins, Risbop, 453.

WolfiOl, Thomas and Ann. 180.

Wilkinson, H. 403.

Wolfatt, George, LL.D. 472,
Wolfhouae, 4(6.

Wilkinson, Mr. 505.

WiUinaon, Mn. Elizalwtb, SM.

Wolsott, Dr., Parson of Chipping, 402.

Wood, J»mea, 227.

of NrtUnd, 437.

Wood; Mr. §09.

Williamson, Mr. William, of Uindlev,

208.

Wood, Mr. James, 268.

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Wood, Mr. ■WiUism, Cunte of Brongh-

Wrightington HaU and Pack, 373, 376.

ton, 467.

Wrightington. Ann, wife of Robert
1)icconson.371.

Woodacro Hall, 410, 444.
■Woodburn, John, 5^6.

Wrightington, Robert, 466.

"Woodcocii, James. 292.

Woodcock, ItichBrd,3Si.

Woodland Chapel, B3i.

Wrightington, Sir Edward. 468.

Woodplumpton, 455.

Woodroffe, Richard, of Bnraley, 316.

Rot. Thomas, hie son, 306; his wilt

Woods, Mrs. Uaiinah, 136.

Alary, daughter of Arabrose Walton
Esq. 306,^7; Iter. Richard, Rector

WoDdstack, Thomas of, Earl of Lancas-

ter, 2S8.

ofUBdcl>ffe,3U6. 336.

Worcester, Dean and Chapter, Tatnins

Wvatl, Mr. R., 8.T.B. 245.

ofWarton,558, 665.

Wyatt, Sir. Richard, 24S.

Worcester, Priofy of, 576.
WordenIIan,381.

Wycolier, 326.

Wygan,243.
Wykeofler, 327.

Worden, WilUam, Gent. 506.

Wordsworth, Dr. 620.

Wylteworth, Rye. 341.

Wordsworth, WllUam, the Poet, G20;
his Lifo of the Rev. Robert Walker,

Yate, Tristram. Chantry Priest of Padi-

and Dutton Sonnets, 530.

ham, 344.

Workesley, Jordan de, and Marearet his
daughter, wife of Thurstan do Tildes-

Yates. Joseph, Esq. 280.
Yates. Mr. Joseph, 280.

ley, 265.

Yates, Mr. Robert, 232.

Worsley, AUce de, 329.

Yates, Mr. WilUani, 280.

Woralej, Henrr de. and Johanna Green-
aereg bia Wife, 32D.

YatBs, William, of Buir, Esq. 372.
Yates, William. M.A., Rector of Eeolos-

Worslev, Marnret de, 505.

ton, 372. ,1^^^^

Worswick, Mr., a Banker. 563.

Yealand Conyers, and Yoaland Red- J^^^H

Yealand, Roger de, 244. ^^^^H

Worthington, Dr., 260.

Yeland, ^^^^H
Yelland, Adam de, 563. ^^^^H

Wra, Adam de, 426; Gerard his brother.

426.

Ynce, EUoD, wifs of John Gerud, 249. ^^^^H

Wray Green, 426.

Ynce, Richard de, 249. ^^^^M

Wmj Meeting house, 4S1.

Wray Kcbool, 486.

York, Thoreaby, Archbiihop of, 417. ^^^^H

Wright, James and Randal, 184.

Wright, John, Minister of Bimnge, 253.
Wright, Mr. Robert, of Liyerpool, 505.

Yve, hoger, cierk. founder of Battle6eld ^^^H

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